Great thread. I am sure you will both be aware of this work but some good background reading around this (possibly only direct your best trainees to the Coe stuff) is:
www.cambridge.org/insight/blog...
teacherhead.com/2020/02/15/r...
(About the best book on ed research most people have not read)
www.cambridge.org
Robert Coe writes a two-part blog on how to improve the value of assessments in the classroom. Part 1 poses questions to the reader.