"This system will eliminate issues of
over-assessment, under assessment and corruption, saving time and making payments more efficient and prompt," Mr Simani said.
Over-assessment appeals can be made for the following reasons:
Move from examination to course work and project based assessment has resulted not just in
over-assessment but also in students being under constant pressure to attain high marks.
Swinney said: "Alongside the other actions we have taken, these proposals will significantly reduce teacher workload, bureaucracy and
over-assessment."
"We're seeing a trend toward
over-assessment and under-teaching," Serravallo says.
"We will wait and see what the final design of the standardised assessments will be but we have concerns about the
over-assessment of learners, the inappropriate use of assessment and overemphasis on gathering data for accountability purposes."
Compensating error is a classic problem with many assessment rolls; for instance,
over-assessment on one end of the curve often compensates for the under-assessment on the other end, nevertheless causing the median ratio to remain deceptively conforming.
The Commission has also proposed a series of measures to avoid an
over-assessment of risks and a colossal vaccine purchase, as was the case in 2009-2010 with swine flu (H1N1).
He added that the district might consider asking the town to give back the $35,000 the district just returned for an
over-assessment of the district's debt service.
Carrie Hodgson, deputy head of Prudhoe West Primary School, said: "I think there is
over-assessment of children generally, and then you put the children through tests only for the results to be delayed.
According to Giminaro, the firm's assessor agreed with the assessments made by the city's appraiser for three of those years and observed only a marginal
over-assessment in the fourth year.
Correcting factual errors in the assessment records that have resulted in an
over-assessment can be one method of reducing a real estate assessment.