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Welcome to the FastBridge Release Hub

The FastBridge Release Hub is designed to provide you with the most up-to-date information about FastBridge releases. We’re still working on its format and on the information it contains, so please bear with us as we continue to improve the Hub over time.

There are useful tools included below to help you understand and plan for the implementation and use of new functionality as it becomes available.

If you have questions or would like to share your feedback on the Hub, please contact us at fbhubfeedback@illuminateed.net

Updates from the FastBridge Product Team

March 2022 - A Roadmap Update from the FastBridge Team

April 2022 - FastBridge Progress Monitoring Update

New Releases

Highlights

Metametrics Lexiles® and Data Downloads

Last month the team wrapped up work to improve the quality and efficacy of some our most popular reports: we added MetaMetrics Lexile(R) measures to our Screening to Intervention (s2i) report and to the aReading Student Data Download to help you understand your students’ reading levels and assign appropriate reading materials. Key data points - assessment grade level and progress monitoring plan start/end dates - were also added to the Student Data Downloads last month.

Student Demographics

For districts using both DnA and FastBridge, additional student demographic data has been added. Using the filters available in FastBridge reports, you can disaggregate and analyze your FastBridge data by common student demographic fields. The additional demographics expand your ability to identify patterns of performance and growth in your screening data for a variety of subpopulations.

SEB Interventions

In January we added interventions and strategies across our Social, Emotional, and Academic Behavior domains that can be applied in Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 settings. These strategies come with instructional guidance for your educators, and when used in conjunction with our behavior screeners, can assist them with classroom management to help your students thrive, which will ultimately accelerates progress toward their academic goals.

Release Update: May 30 - Jun 10 2022

The New Releases section of the hub will be updated bi-weekly to provide a summary of the most recent work we have done to fix issues and keep things up and running within the last two weeks. As we release more substantial features and enhancements, additional information will be delivered as part of our go-to-market activities.

Recent work has primarily been focused around improving our infrastructure to prepare for future enhancements and experience improvements. Additional changes have been made to support School year rollover and District Management.

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
PINT-1261	District Management	Minor Enhancement	Add ‘Include Inactive Assignments’ toggle to Manage Staff Pages, which allows district managers, school managers, and MAA users to search for and update staff users who are no longer actively enrolled to any schools.
PINT-1257	District Management	Fix	Create ability to Activate / Inactivate districts in FastBridge, ensuring only current customers are able to use FastBridge
AST-3048	School year rollover	Minor Enhancement	Allow selected rollover date to be displayed in alert window after the cut-off date has passed.
RTG-1567	Reporting	Fix	Improved loading speeds for large districts on the Group Screening Report.

Previous Releases

Recent release summary:

Data Download now includes additional data points:
Includes goal start and end date for progress monitoring assessments
Includes assessment level for progress monitoring assessments
Includes Lexile® for aReading

Release Update: 14 May - 27 May 2022

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
RTG-1539	Reports	Fix	Improvements to a query that feeds into the s2i and Group Screening Reports in order to improve system performance
AST-3005	Progress Monitoring	Fix	We have identified and resolved the root cause(s) of a set of issues that impact the students' ability to access or launch a scheduled progress monitoring assessment.
PINT-1291	Internal tools	Feature	Introduced a Super User tool that allows internal employees to make school(s) inactive. After a school is made inactive, students will not see that school in their School drop downs. Aside from the student school dropdowns, no other places in the app will be affected. If a school is reactivated, then all the students who were enrolled in the school will still be enrolled in the reactivated school.
ACE-393	Rostering	Fix	Improved handling of unexpected values in OneRoster for Student Race field
PINT-1284	Student access	Minor Enhancement	Support for student access past the end of the last screening period

Release Update: 30 Apr - 13 May 2022

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
PINT -1214	Download	Fix	Ensured that National Growth Percentiles are included within the CBMMath Automaticity data download. These data points are used within eduCLIMBER and DnA.
PINT-1208	Internal Tool	Fix	The Student Score Transfer tool presented an error when the Super User attempted to transfer a student who was enrolled in two schools (e.g. School A and School B) to a new school (e.g. School C). The error has now been fixed so that students can be transferred to new schools, even if they are multi-enrolled.
AST-3003	Rollover	Minor Enhancement	We have added a tool to the FB application for DM/MAA to select from one of three school year rollover dates.
AST-3005	Progress Monitoring	Fix	We have resolved issues that prevented progress monitoring assessments from displaying for students.
LD-6491	Certification course	Fix	We aligned the explanation in the CBMmath Automaticity certification course with the Error Chart on the Progress Monitoring Report.

Release Update: 16 Apr - 29 Apr 2022

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
AST-2801	Progress Monitoring	Fix	We have resolved a hard error message for impacted students attempting to view progress monitoring assessments.
ACE-408	CBMReading	Fix	Corrected text within a CBM Reading Grade 1 Passage

Release Update: 02 Apr - 15 Apr 2022

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
ACE-401	Rostering	Fix	Fixed rostering issue occurring for a select few DnA-FB districts, where null values caused some students to not appear on the roster
LD-6203	Documentation	Enhancement	Updated and rebranded the CBMmath Process Scoring Guide. These changes are reflected in the certification course for the assessment and in relevant Knowledge Base articles.
LD-5993	Documentation	Enhancement	Updated the CBMreading English certification course to clarify the accuracy percentage warning and ensure understanding that this assessment is a component of FASTtrack Reading in Grade 1 (Winter, Spring) and Grades 2-3 (Fall, Winter, Spring).

Release Update: 09 Mar - 01 Apr 2022

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
AST-2950	Download	Fix	Provide access to download student information for those impacted by incorrect Lexile measures.
AST-2929	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Update how system rounds data for goal setting
PINT-1160	Account Management	Fix	Manage Student Passwords page load issue resolved

Release Update: 05 Mar - 18 Mar 2022

Engineering Ticket	Component	Type	Description
AST-2847	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Progressing monitoring edit monitoring user does not save
ACE-351	Assessment Forms	Fix	Corrected discrepancy between student and administrator downloadable forms for Sight Words (50)
ACE-343	Assessment Forms	Fix	Corrected discrepancy between the student and teacher forms for earlyReading Nonsense Words Progress Monitoring
RTG-1558	Screening	Fix	Lexile(R) values to be reported for a small subset of aReading assessments administered between December 12 and March 10th.

Release Update: 19 Feb - 04 Mar 2022

Engineering Ticket	Component	Type	Description
RTG-1555	Access	Fix	School Manager - Update grade level accessibility to match the rostered grade levels at the school the user has access to.
AST-2915	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Screening score in the goal table displays in rounded format.
AST-2896	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Goal table was not loading for some students
AST-2588	Progress monitoring	Fix	Ended PM plans were not displaying plan information in panel
ACE-343	Training & Resources	Fix	Corrected discrepancy between the student and teacher forms for earlyReading Nonsense Words
ACE-351	Training & Resources	Fix	Corrected discrepancy between student and administrator downloads for earlyReading Sight Words (50)

Release Update: 05 Feb - 18 Feb 2022

Engineering Ticket	Component	Type	Description
AST-2905	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Editing goal was not calculating or saving
AST-782	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Updated online form and PDF for CBMmath Process GOM L4 PM probe 17
AST-2588	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Inactive plans are split between ended and released and setup information can now be viewed in the edit panel.
PINT-976	Integrated login	Fix	Fixed error with FastBridge login via DnA that occurred when a student enrolled in multiple schools attempted to log in to take a FastTrack assessment.
ACE-283	Reporting	Fix	Allows users to print all FastBridge reports, including GSR, without the Chat icon appearing in the print out

Release Update: 21 Jan - 04 Feb 2022

Engineering Ticket	Component	Type	Description
PINT-1067	Download	Fix	Ensures Lexile measures appear in the right columns within the data download
PINT-1048	Download	Fix	Data downloads will now include new data points.
PINT-1041	Download	Fix	Addressed issue with CBMmath Automaticity data download not generating
PINT-908	Download	Fix	Ensures proper assessment level is included in the data download
AST-2819	Progress Monitoring	Fix	The PM landing page did not specify the form level for earlyReading Sight Words.

Release Update: 08 Dec - 21 Dec 2022

Engineering Ticket	Component	Type	Description
AST-2874	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Updated content in the product alert page for goal calculations
AST-2869	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Extra progress monitoring forms were sometimes displayed
AST-2851	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Goal calculation error fixed
AST-2844	Progress Monitoring	Fix	PM Data collection pop-out isn't displaying collected scores for some assessments
ACE-206	Training & Resources	Fix	Fixed video within Letter Sounds Spanish Certification course
ACE-125	Training & Resources	Feature	Adds a new Behavior Interventions section to the FastBridge Training & Resources page, that will contain behavior interventions for academic, emotional, and social behaviors.
ACE-178	Training & Resources	Feature	Added previews of intervention programs offered by our partners EmpowerU and Choose Love. These can be found in the Behavior Interventions section of Training & Resources.

Release Update: 22 Dec - 07 Jan 2022

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
ACE-287	Resources	Fix	Title was corrected on the earlyReading Nonsense words student download.

Release Update: 08 Dec - 21 Dec 2021

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
AST-2769	Progress Monitoring	Fix	The icon indicating at, above or below the goal line was different than the PM Report.
AST-2762	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Plan setup was blocked because the student was in an inactive plan of the same assessment. Students can now be setup in a new plan of the same assessment as an inactive plan.
AST-2661	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Some assessments were pulling in the wrong EOY goal and national percentile in the View Targets resource.
PINT-956	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Fixed an issue with FastBridge to EduCLIMBER data integration
PINT-973	Downloads	Fix	Fixed an issue with the aMath and CBMmath Automaticity files lacking data in some columns. Data now appears in data downloads, available via FastBridge or via nightly SFTP integrations.
ACE-316	Chat	Fix	Fixes an issue where Chat started appearing for districts with Chat disabled

Release Update: 25 Nov - 07 Dec 2021

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
AST-2825	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Progress Monitoring Not Working for Users Whose Names Contain ' (apostrophe)
AST-2821	Progress Monitoring	Fix	The goal table was not loading for those using the Safari browser.
AST-2819	Progress Monitoring	Fix	A root cause was identified and fixed for errors with the form level for progress monitoring.
AST-2771	Progress Monitoring	Fix	PM Report query refactored to assist with load times and overall performance.
AST-2790	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Improved start and end date setup for monitoring schedule to fix PM plans showing up as “Ended” and no probes are available. (related to: PM Errant End Date Issue)
AST-2628	Progress Monitoring	Fix	The collection pop-up for progress monitoring data was still saying 'Start Form #' for some students due to caching issues. Data is now displayed when PM data has been collected. We are working on allowing users to delete any erroneous duplicated data. More information is coming soon. (related to: Multiple Scores on single PM form Issue)
AST-2809	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Some ad blockers were preventing the goal table from loading properly.
PINT-905	Rostering	Fix	Fix ensures rosters sync properly for all FastBridge districts using Clever.
ACE-242	Certification	Fix	Scoring was corrected within the Decomposing K practice and certification tests within Training & Resources

Release Update: 11 Nov - 24 Nov 2021

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
AST-2788	Progress Monitoring	Fix	Students PM data is not displayed in Student Success because the building the PM is associated with in FastBridge data file is incorrect.
AST-2761	Progress Monitoring	Enhancement	There are now asterisks identifying what information is required during progress monitoring setup.
AST-2764	Progress Monitoring	Fix	In some cases the goal table would not load for educators.
ACE-234	Training & Resources	Fix	Match Quantity certification quiz, Question 7 answer listed under B has changed and was corrected in the system
ACE-223	Screening	Fix	Fixed issue when selecting the AUTOReading composite button, the last character of the student’s last name is not included within the screening window.
ACE-235	Training & Resources	Fix	Fixed certification quiz error in earlyMath Composite where Question #1 gets marked incorrect when the user selects "17" as the answer.
ACE-236	Training & Resources	Fix	Lesson 6 of Progress monitoring certification quiz now has proper answer choice of "mySAEBRS"
ACE-238	Training & Resources	Fix	Fixed 2 quiz question issues in Lesson 7 of Screening Certification course
ACE-239	Training & Resources	Fix	Change the correct answer product displayed for item 7 in CBMmath Process Rapid Scoring practice 4
ACE-243	Training & Resources	Fix	In Lesson 7 of the AUTOreading certification course, Question 2 in the Quiz: the answer listed for C has been updated in the system
ACE-251	Reporting	Fix	ALL subtests within the Detailed Group Report no longer have HTML code visible

Work In Progress

This section of the hub will be updated bi-weekly to provide insight into the work we have in progress in the few weeks following the new releases above. Please note that while some of this work is targeted for release, it may also be impacted by other priorities that arise during this period, or it is possible the work may take a little longer to complete than originally planned.

Initiative summary:

Progress Monitoring- Various updates to improve progress monitoring to improve administration, plan setup and plan management.
School Year Rollover - We are making a number of improvements to improve the annual rollover process with additional communications, webinars, office hours and other system improvements. These system improvements will include support of 3 rollover dates this summer, date selection within FastBridge and efficiencies in the data rollover process itself.
Back-to-School Tooling - additional tools for our support teams to help customers with school year rollover, end of year and preparations for the next school year.
Console is a new project that will support a single place for our customers to roster and sign-in for all Illuminate products. We are working to integrate FastBridge with this solution and will provide updates on this work as it progresses.

In Progress:

Ticket	Component	Type	Description
PINT-1184	Tooling	Fix	This change makes it easier for Data Services to add districts to the nightly data downloads, without fear of the district's configuration getting overwritten.
Multiple	Training & Resources	Minor Enhancement	Add practices, quizzes to the earlyReading Spanish module in Training & Resources
PINT-1294	Tooling	Minor Enhancement	Allow bulk student merges where all users retain their desired IDs
RTG-546	Reports	Fix	Ensuring that benchmarks and norms display correctly in all areas of reports
AST-3023	School year rollover	Minor Enhancement	Updated the alert on the District Properties page to include rollover date and additional rollover information regarding roster uploads.
AST-3052	School year rollover	Minor Enhancement	Created new guardrails to stop districts accidentally changing their screening periods prior to rollover. This should help prevent data issues arising later in the school year.
PINT-1330	School year rollover	Minor Enhancement	Turn off SIS sync for all districts so that 2022-23 school year data does not get pulled into the 2021-22 school year. This mass turning off of SIS syncing will happen directly before SYRO. After SYRO occurs, then the button will be hidden.
PINT-1292	School year rollover	Minor Enhancement	Update the school year setup 3-step workflow for districts that have roster integrations with FastBridge. Now, these roster-integrated districts will be instructed to turn their SIS sync ON. There is also a pop up warning to ensure users do not accidentally turn their SIS sync on prior to when their new school year data is available in their SIS.

Resources

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