本文主要在討論我國目前國定課程的問題、對課程自由發展產生的影響以及未來 可行的替代方案。首先由英、美、日三國的狀況論述國定課程之成為基本共識的理由，以及 在此共識之下各國對於課程控制的歧異；其次討論國定課程訂定可能導致的市場化、共同文 化、知識價值定於一尊、政治意識型態主導以及限制教師專業自主的危險。最後則探討我國 國定課程的相關問題，以及未來以學力指標取代課程標準的可行性。

　　　　　This paper discusses the problems of the national curriculum in Taiwan and its impact on curriculum development in the schools. The major views involved are: (1) The national curriculum in U.K., U.S.A. and Japan are different in the degree of curriculum control. (2) The national curriculum may result in some risks--marketization whose common culture, the dominative value of knowledge, domination of political ideology and the limit on teachers' professional autonomy. Finally, it explores the current problems of the national curriculum in our society, and the possibility that the achievement standard is constructed to substitute for the Curriculum Standard.