Welcome to the FastBridge Release Hub
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Updates from the FastBridge Product Team
March 2022 - A Roadmap Update from the FastBridge Team
April 2022 - FastBridge Progress Monitoring Update
July 2022 - FastBridge Summer Release Updates
August 2022 - Summer Release Summary
New Releases
Highlights
New earlyReading Spanish Training Content
Updates to Letter Names, Word Blending, Decodable Words, Concepts of Print, Sentence Reading, Word Rhyming and Oral Repetition subtests
- New practice activities
- New certification quiz
New practice and certification activities for select earlyReading and earlyMath subtests
earlyReading English
- Sentence Reading
- Oral Repetition
- Word Segmenting
- Word Rhyming
earlyMath
- Decomposing-1
- Number Sequence-K
- Verbal Addition
This change also includes updates to the scoring for the Word Segmenting practice and certification activities based on educator feedback.
Number Sequence Training & Resource Updates
- The scoring rules for earlyMath Number Sequence were revised to provide greater clarity for teachers when scoring student responses.
- Prior to this change, users had reported confusion about how to score specific student answers.
- The revised scoring rules do not change the administration procedures
Release Update: 23 July - 05 August 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.
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Recent work has primarily been focused around minor enhancements to get ready for Back-to-School. We are also preparing for updates to Progress Monitoring.
Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
PINT-1482 |
Export |
Fix |
Resolved issue where data export files sent via SFTP were blank for all districts who had not yet rolled over to the next school year |
ACE-390 |
earlyMath |
Minor Enhancement |
Based on feedback from educators, we revised the directions for earlyMath - Number Sequence-K and earlyMath - Number Sequence-1. |
ACE-424 |
aMath |
Minor Enhancement |
aMath is no longer in Lab Status for grades 9-12. It is now a fully endorsed assessment. |
ACE-436 |
earlyMath |
Minor Enhancement |
Based on client feedback, we updated the scoring for the practice and certification activities to ensure adherence to the 3-second rule. |
ACE-422 |
Practice and certification - earlyReading |
Minor Enhancement |
Based on educator feedback, we've updated the scores for each item on the Practice and Certification activities for earlyReading English - Word Segmenting to better reflect typical scoring responses. We also removed two of the existing audio files and replaced them with new ones. |
AST-3102 |
Assessment Setup |
Fix |
Fixed an issue causing slowness on the database for the Assessment Setup page. |
AST-3099 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Fixed an issue that caused the Behavior Progress Monitoring landing page to be blank. |
LD-6266 |
Practice and Certification - aMath |
Minor Enhancement |
We updated the text in the aMath certification course to reflect the news that aMath is now a fully endorsed assessment for grades K-12. Prior to this, aMath was in Lab Status for grades 9-12. |
LD-6710 |
Update Certification - Number Sequence-K |
Minor Enhancement |
Based on feedback from educators, we revised the directions for earlyMath - Number Sequence-K. As a result, we have provided a new version of the Quick Sheet in Lesson 8 of this certification course. |
LD-6711 |
Update Certification - Number Sequence-1 |
Minor Enhancement |
Based on feedback from educators, we revised the directions for earlyMath - Number Sequence-1. As a result, we have provided a new version of the Quick Sheet in Lesson 8 of this certification course. |
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
Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
AST-1807 |
Roster |
Fix |
Changed the way our roster alert functions by making it dynamic to match the correct year in a district's FastBridge instance. |
AST-3084 |
Rollover |
Fix |
Districts that did not roll over during the first rollover weekend were redirected to a different page for progress monitoring. |
AST-3082 |
Rollover |
Fix |
When uploading a roster for the new school year, districts who had rolled over had the incorrect year showing on their alert pop-out. |
PINT-1413 |
Roster |
Fix |
FastBridge was syncing rosters for some districts who had SIS Sync OFF. |
Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
PINT-1292 |
District Management |
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. To learn more, visit Enabling Roster Sync. |
PINT-1294 |
District Management |
Minor Enhancement |
Allow bulk student merges where all users retain their desired IDs |
PINT-1398 |
Data Download |
Fix |
Fixed data download intermittent issue resulting in "Report not yet ready for download" message within the Data Download page in FastBridge |
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. |
ACE-406 |
Training and Resources |
Minor Enhancement |
New earlyReading Spanish Training Content: Updates to Letter Names, Word Blending, Decodable Words, Concepts of Print, Sentence Reading, Word Rhyming and Oral Repetition subtests -New practice activities -New certification quiz |
AST-3052 |
District Management |
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. |
AST-3035 |
District Management |
Minor Enhancement |
Updated the alert on the District Properties page to include rollover date and additional rollover information regarding roster uploads. |
RTG-546 |
Reporting |
Fix |
Resolved an issue relating to previous years' benchmarks on certain reports. |
AST-3048 |
District Management |
Minor Enhancement |
Allow selected rollover date to be displayed in the alert window after the cut-off date has passed. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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). |
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 |
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. |
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) |
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 |
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. |
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. |
Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
ACE-287 |
Resources |
Fix |
Title was corrected on the earlyReading Nonsense words student download. |
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 |
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 |
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- A new page that simplifies plan setup is in development and will be available on an “opt-in” basis
- 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.
Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
AST-2996 |
Progress Monitoring |
Enhancement |
We want to update the progress monitoring setup to be more user friendly. This includes widening the form and changing the navigation to a vertical scrolling experience instead of the current forward/back paging. We also want to simplify the intervention details area to collect just the intervention details that are used elsewhere in FastBridge. |
PINT-1339 |
District management |
Minor Enhancement |
For districts with DnA and FastBridge, this change will allow teachers to train in FastBridge prior to the start of the school year. |
AST-3054 |
Benchmarks and norms |
Minor Enhancement |
Updates to Benchmarks and Norms for CBMmath CAP and CompE |
ACE-435 |
Setup |
Minor Enhancement |
Users logging in with no school enrollments should receive an error message stating: Limited Access. You are currently not enrolled in any schools in the system, so your access to student data is limited. Setup may still be in progress. [Learn more] Meanwhile, you still have access to Training & Resources.” Please be sure to use the template created below. |
Resources
Most commonly accessed articles: