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 30 Apr - 13 May 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 improving our infrastructure to prepare for future enhancements and experience improvements.
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New setting for school year rollover date selection available to MAA or DM users.
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We fixed an intermittent issue that some students were experiencing with assessment tiles not showing up on their landing page.
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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AST-3005 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
We have resolved issues that prevented progress monitoring assessments from displaying for students. |
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LD-6491 |
Certification course |
Fix |
We aligned the explanation in the CBMmath Automaticity certification course with the Error Chart on the Progress Monitoring 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
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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AST-2801 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
We have resolved a hard error message for impacted students attempting to view progress monitoring assessments. |
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ACE-408 |
CBMReading |
Fix |
Corrected text within a CBM Reading Grade 1 Passage |
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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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 |
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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. |
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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). |
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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AST-2950 |
Download |
Fix |
Provide access to download student information for those impacted by incorrect Lexile measures. |
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AST-2929 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Update how system rounds data for goal setting |
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PINT-1160 |
Account Management |
Fix |
Manage Student Passwords page load issue resolved |
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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. |
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Engineering Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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RTG-1555 |
Access |
Fix |
School Manager - Update grade level accessibility to match the rostered grade levels at the school the user has access to. |
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AST-2915 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Screening score in the goal table displays in rounded format. |
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AST-2896 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Goal table was not loading for some students |
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AST-2588 |
Progress monitoring |
Fix |
Ended PM plans were not displaying plan information in panel |
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ACE-343 |
Training & Resources |
Fix |
Corrected discrepancy between the student and teacher forms for earlyReading Nonsense Words |
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ACE-351 |
Training & Resources |
Fix |
Corrected discrepancy between student and administrator downloads for earlyReading Sight Words (50) |
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Engineering Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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AST-2905 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Editing goal was not calculating or saving |
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AST-782 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Updated online form and PDF for CBMmath Process GOM L4 PM probe 17 |
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AST-2588 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Inactive plans are split between ended and released and setup information can now be viewed in the edit panel. |
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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. |
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ACE-283 |
Reporting |
Fix |
Allows users to print all FastBridge reports, including GSR, without the Chat icon appearing in the print out |
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Engineering Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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PINT-1067 |
Download |
Fix |
Ensures Lexile measures appear in the right columns within the data download |
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PINT-1048 |
Download |
Fix |
Data downloads will now include new data points. |
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PINT-1041 |
Download |
Fix |
Addressed issue with CBMmath Automaticity data download not generating |
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PINT-908 |
Download |
Fix |
Ensures proper assessment level is included in the data download |
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AST-2819 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
The PM landing page did not specify the form level for earlyReading Sight Words. |
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Engineering Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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AST-2874 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Updated content in the product alert page for goal calculations |
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AST-2869 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Extra progress monitoring forms were sometimes displayed |
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AST-2851 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Goal calculation error fixed |
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AST-2844 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
PM Data collection pop-out isn't displaying collected scores for some assessments |
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ACE-206 |
Training & Resources |
Fix |
Fixed video within Letter Sounds Spanish Certification course |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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ACE-287 |
Resources |
Fix |
Title was corrected on the earlyReading Nonsense words student download. |
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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AST-2769 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
The icon indicating at, above or below the goal line was different than the PM Report. |
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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. |
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AST-2661 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Some assessments were pulling in the wrong EOY goal and national percentile in the View Targets resource. |
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PINT-956 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Fixed an issue with FastBridge to EduCLIMBER data integration |
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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. |
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ACE-316 |
Chat |
Fix |
Fixes an issue where Chat started appearing for districts with Chat disabled |
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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AST-2825 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Progress Monitoring Not Working for Users Whose Names Contain ' (apostrophe) |
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AST-2821 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
The goal table was not loading for those using the Safari browser. |
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AST-2819 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
A root cause was identified and fixed for errors with the form level for progress monitoring. |
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AST-2771 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
PM Report query refactored to assist with load times and overall performance. |
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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) |
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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) |
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AST-2809 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
Some ad blockers were preventing the goal table from loading properly. |
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PINT-905 |
Rostering |
Fix |
Fix ensures rosters sync properly for all FastBridge districts using Clever. |
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ACE-242 |
Certification |
Fix |
Scoring was corrected within the Decomposing K practice and certification tests within Training & Resources |
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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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. |
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AST-2761 |
Progress Monitoring |
Enhancement |
There are now asterisks identifying what information is required during progress monitoring setup. |
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AST-2764 |
Progress Monitoring |
Fix |
In some cases the goal table would not load for educators. |
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ACE-234 |
Training & Resources |
Fix |
Match Quantity certification quiz, Question 7 answer listed under B has changed and was corrected in the system |
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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. |
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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. |
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ACE-236 |
Training & Resources |
Fix |
Lesson 6 of Progress monitoring certification quiz now has proper answer choice of "mySAEBRS" |
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ACE-238 |
Training & Resources |
Fix |
Fixed 2 quiz question issues in Lesson 7 of Screening Certification course |
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ACE-239 |
Training & Resources |
Fix |
Change the correct answer product displayed for item 7 in CBMmath Process Rapid Scoring practice 4 |
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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 |
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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:
- 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.
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Ticket |
Component |
Type |
Description |
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FSD-21475 |
Reports |
Fix |
We are working to improve performance of the Group Screening Report for large districts when the demographic filters are applied |
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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. |
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Multiple |
Training & Resources |
Minor Enhancement |
Add practices, quizzes to the earlyReading Spanish module in Training & Resources |
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PINT-1291 |
Rostering |
Introduced a Super User tool that allows internal employees to make school(s) inactive. When a school is made inactive, staff members will no longer see the school in their School drop downs. |
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RTG-3016 |
Reporting |
Fix |
Improvements to a query that feeds into the s2i and Group Screening Reports in order to improve system performance |
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PINT-1284 |
Student access |
Minor Enhancement |
Support for student access past the end of the last screening period |
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ACE-393 |
Rostering |
Fix |
Improvements for handling unexpected values in OneRoster for Student Race field |
Resources
Most commonly accessed articles: