香港最近經歷「3加3加4」的學制更改。這當中，有特殊教育需要的學生，他們應如何享有最合適與具成效的教育安排?本文介紹美國與台灣的相關學制與實行方式，提供香港政策者與教職同工、以及持份者(例如︰家長)參考，和藉此機會擴大討論，共同研商提昇相關服務的質素。 The Hong Kong academic structure has been restructured into a "3 plus 3 plus 4" system. Among practitioners in the local special education community, there has been extensive expression of concerns, preferences, and suggestions for improvement. What would be the best arrangements and practices for learners with special education needs (SEN)? This article tries to share experiences in the United States and Taiwan, for further discussion on better achievement and higher quality of service delivery, as well as best fulfillment of new senior secondary (NSS) and postsecondary students' critical educational and rehabilitation needs.
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自2001年香港實施大規模的課程改革後，學校評估也相應地改革以配合課改的需要，「促進學習的評估」是其中的改革重點，它對傳統上以考試為主導的評估來說，是重要的改革和挑戰。在意念上，「促進學習的評估」重視評估和學習的關係，側重提升評估的質素，對學校和教師在改善課堂評估方面尤為重要。本文的目的是透過香港六所學校的實施個案，探討有關的評估改革實施，以及學校所面對的挑戰。研究結果顯示，學校在總體發展計畫、具體措施、課堂教學及評估方面，對中央文件所提的「促進學習的評估」都有不同程度的理解和實施。總體上，學校對評估的革新取向，採取由上而下的實施措施，反映學校對評估改革的概念和取向，並未有深入的認識和發展策略，而學校教師在課堂實施方面，仍然以總結性評估為主要的考慮，對知識為主的課堂傳授及測考較為重視，顯示「促進學習的評估」其實施過程遇到不少的困難和挑戰，包括學校實施者對有關理念的重視和理解、學校發展的環境脈絡和困難，以及社會的價值和文化取向等，都不能掉以輕心。
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背景：在二十世紀兩岸三地的課程改革中，課程統整的概念都不約而同地被引入。有關的實施，對學校課程的目的、學習內容、學習的經驗以及評核等方面，實在帶來不少的衝擊。
目的或討論焦點：究竟課程統整的理論根據為何？它能否實施於學校的環境脈絡中？
論點/評論/建議：課程統整的理論有其獨特之處。一方面，課程統整的理論系統很龐雜，它具有各種不同的理念和實施模式，對課程的具體實施未能起清晰的指引作用。另外，課程統整的實徵文獻未臻圓熟，課程統整雖然給人的感覺是一個傳誦中的美好形象，但實際的運作系統並未完全建立。最後，課程統整具有獨特的理念背景，在引入其理論時，我們也須考慮本土的持點。
總結：課程統整有其獨特性，課程設計者必須對它作深入的瞭解，包括理念、實施模式及所需的實施條件，才能務實地進行有關的改革工作。
Background: The concept of curriculum integration has been introduced to Hong Kong, Mainland and Taiwan in series of curriculum innovations. The implementation of curriculum integration has an important impact on the aims, learning contents, learning experiences and assessments on the respective school curriculum.
Aims or focus of discussion: What are the theoretical underpinnings of curriculum integration? How can curriculum integration be implemented in the school contexts?
Arguments / comments / suggestions: The theory of curriculum integration is outstanding from others. On the one hand, curriculum integration has a complex system of theories that has given rise to various implementation models with different rationales and thus resulted in the unclear guidelines for real implementations. On the other hand, the literature review about empirical studies on curriculum integration has not fully informed us how curriculum integration can be implemented. It is also found that curriculum integration has been traditionally existed in a form of abstract image in the field of education but without realistic implementation systems. Finally, curriculum integration has got its own theoretical backgrounds and special attention should be paid to the characteristics of local contexts if curriculum integration is to be introduced.
Conclusion: Curriculum integration has its own characterized theories and rationales. It is necessary for the curriculum designers to look into the concepts of curriculum integration carefully, including rationales, implementation models and the necessary conditions

作者建議將「資訊基建」工程全面在中小學落實，撥款整筆經費給學校分期使用，而政府則負擔監察的責任，鼓勵大學、商界及專業團體協助學校推動資訊科技教育及活動提供資助。此外，教師的升遷亦須要修讀有關專業資格，並下設執行委員會及諮詢委員會互相配合。