Educational standards and progressive education in Austria

Are educational standards suitable for improving the quality of independent schools? Can uniform guidelines aimed at standardisation be compatible with progressive education, which promotes individual educational and life paths? If so, to what extent, and if not, what alternative evaluation methods can be used? This book deals with progressive education in Austria and provides answers that are both theoretically sound and practically proven. The need for quality development is not denied, but it is questioned whether it can consist solely of output control. Finally, alternative quality assurance measures are also presented.