Instead, it seems to be much more a debate among educational professionals after graduation and policy makers who are responsible for curricula and what they contain - including course and progarmme of study objectives.

As a student at a teacher-training college back in the day back home, I encounterd the term 'continuous assessment' for the first time.

Later, as a practising secondary school subject teacher back home, I was forced to use 'continuous assessment' as it was part of the curriculum.

However, in China it is not part of all curricula for FTs of English. That's good for us imo. If you don't wish to use 'continuous assessment', you can accept a teaching position that doesn't require you to use it.

I agree with Taffy when he says the term is confusing. Continual assessment or intermittent assessment would make more sense! However, we are slaves of dictionaries in this respect. Best to stick to the term 'continuous assessment'!