Research on American Curriculum Reform for Basic Education Since the 1980s

This essay has hackled American curriculum reform of basic education since the 1980s. It points out the core goal of this curriculum reform,which is that all American pupils can make progress and improve. It discusses main tactics of the reform,which consist of adjusting curriculum structure,making curriculum standards,building uniform testing system. The author has considered that the curriculum reform started from great crisis sense of education. The crisis sense is related to national interest of America.