The use of assessment information to guide future action might be described as the «formative» use of assessment. (teachermagazine.com.au)
Understanding and using assessment methods and practices well, is linked to the student's decisions to use assessment information to persist and learn. (assessmenteducation.org)
There should be a continual flow of formative assessment information between the core teachers and the «more» teachers, although the same teacher may serve both roles. (ascd.org)