Continuous assessment is a form of educational examination that evaluates a student's progress throughout a prescribed course.
[1] Proponents of continuous assessment argue that the approach allows tracking of progress and has a chance of offering students more support, guidance, and opportunities to improve during the course or programme.
The formative assessment covers the range of informal diagnostic tests a teacher can use to assist the process of learning by their students.
Prescriptive but ungraded feedback, Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation, likens formative assessment to a cook tasting a soup before serving it to a guest.
As a student works on a topic, input from the teacher can inform, guide, and validate each step of the process.