课程教材改革是整个教育改革的核心问题。教育思想、教育体制等一系列改革，最终都要通过课程教材的改革来体现；教学方法的改革更要以课程教材改革为前提。可以说，课程教材改革的好坏，在更深的层次上决定着教育改革的成败。 1997年秋季开始在江西省、山西省、天津市进行试验 The reform of curriculum materials is the core issue of the entire education reform. A series of reforms such as educational thoughts and education systems must ultimately be reflected through the reform of curriculum materials; the reform of teaching methods must be based on the reform of curriculum materials. It can be said that the reform of curriculum materials is a deeper level that determines the success or failure of educational reform. In the autumn of 1997, trials were started in Jiangxi Province, Shanxi Province and Tianjin City.