Excessive assessment should be replaced by a greater use of self-assessment, freeing up social workers to facilitate, advocate and navigate.
Scott Elliff, the superintendant in Corpus Christi, talked of finding "efficiencies" such as closing schools, reducing athletics and letting teachers go but says using "excessive assessment" as the sole measure of accountability is getting in the way of educating kids.
The bonus system in Histology was initially implemented to alleviate some of the stress many students in the traditional curriculum suffer, particularly in relation to volume overload and excessive assessment in the second year of study.
Also, to reduce excessive taking of assessments by students as they moved through the major, some assessments were only administered during one or two academic years.
Under another ruling upheld by the state Court of Appeals earlier this year, the authority could have collected up to $1.4 billion, when interest and other costs were included, for the excessive Shoreham tax assessments.
This could lead to student insecurity and lack of confidence about whether they have learnt the relevant concepts in inadequate, or even excessive, detail for assessments, adding to the established fear among medical students of making a mistake[ 12].
Students within the sample also reported that academic dishonesty could be justified in certain situations including: when there are parental pressures to do well; to remain academically competitive with others students; and excessive workload or assessment standards set by lecturers and tutors.
Noting that many members of LCWR belong to female Franciscan orders, the friars pledged solidarity with the sisters and called the Vatican assessment "excessive, given the evidence raised".
Teachers' leaders said the figures showed excessive workload, "high-stakes" assessments and the constant changes within education were driving those in the profession to leave.
At the same time, the county was staggering under the debt that piled up for refunds to property owners who successfully went to court to challenge their assessments as excessive.
