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Appendix Q – FastTest Product Updates

This Appendix lists and details all recent FastTest Product Updates, along with their corresponding dates.

11 August 2026

Enhancement:

  • Chromebook Weblock extension support – Weblock now works in Chromebook

24 July 2026

Enhancement:

  • Drag & Drop Accessibility feature – the drag & drop new click to move feature is now available

07 May 2026

Enhancement:

  • Implement CAT Polytomous GRM in NTE – Support following Cat Type and scoring model in NTE. This setting is already working in CAT OTE test but in that OTE test audio video assets are not supported.

30th April 2025

Enhancement:

  • CAT Working Memory – This work item involved developing a Working Memory CAT with section-based adaptive testing, including item timing and section scoring adjustments.
  • Support Unscored items in MST- Un-Scored items should be supported in tests in all Stages in MST.

1st April 2025

Enhancement:

  • Support Essay Items in the last stage of MST- Support essay items in LOFT. User will add this test in last stage and a validation will be throw on Test session protect if LOFT with essay item is added in middle stages.
  • Change Asset export file naming convention-Changes Asset export file naming convention as following
  • Changes Asset export file naming convention as following:

Changes Asset export file naming convention as following:

  1. If user is exporting whole folder then
    1. Keep zip file name as WS_{assetFolderName}_yyyymmddhhmmss
    2. Keep the name of the assets file in that zip folder as per Asset name , don’t append anything to the filename.
  2. If user is exporting selective assets then
    1. Name of the zip should be WSAssets_yyyymmddhhmmss
    2. Keep the name of the assets file in that zip folder as per Asset name , don’t append anything to the filename.

7th March 2025

Enhancement:

  • Subscores to allow Difference – For a Subscore, add a checkbox in the options that is “Calculate as a difference between two items (only two items allowed).” Make a check upon save that such subscores only have two items. Then when calculating subscores, take the absolute difference of the scores on the two items rather than add them. For example, if someone gets 5 points on one item and 2 points on the other, the difference is 3.
  • API: Add Date Range filter to fetch tests (exams) list – Add parameters to the /tests API
  • API Examinee fetch details using test code

13th Feb 2025

Enhancement:

  • Display Item counter in CAT test in Multistage test

3rd Feb 2025

Enhancement:

  • Add proctoring URL to the Test Code Email for examinees. – If a Session uses online proctoring, replace the text of the Test Code email. “Here is a link to launch the proctoring system”, which will then automatically take you into your test:

17th December 2024

Enhancement:

  • Show External ID on Marking Module

03rd Apr 2024

Enhancement:

  • Desomos Scientific Calculator
  • Restrict examinee to download audio video from test-delivery
  • Add Date and Time submitted column in the Examinee Data Report
  • AIG in FastTest

26th Mar 2024

Enhancement:

  • New Item Type – Drawing item that saves the graphic for teacher scoring
  • Update examinee score api to fetch results based on testcode/external ID 

28th Feb 2024

Enhancement:

  • Support French Language in FastTest
  • Do not allow to save rubrics if scores are empty

14th Feb 2024

Enhancement:

  • Multistage tests: Multiple levels in Stage and multiple tests in a level

31st Jan 2024

Enhancement:

  • Show validation when user tries to login into expired Workspace

15th Jan 2024

Enhancement:

  • Testlet capability in Test section
  • Allow Test scheduler role to access sub-WS schedules
  • Enemy Items in CAT

20th Dec 2023

Enhancement:

  • Section Tools – Allow the highlighter tool in MCQ items
  • Spoken response item types

4th Dec 2023

Enhancement: 

  • LOFT Exam does not permit the delivery of enemy items.
  • Adding the % to the calculator tool

23rd Nov 2023

Enhancements:

  • Implement Health check for Test engine – RIAK/REDIS connection

09th Nov 2023

Enhancement:

  • Unique key identifier for GTC (MOE)

25th Oct 2023 

Enhancement:

  • Multi-test and multistage sessions should concatenate horizontally

16th Oct 2023 

Enhancement:

  • Check for ADOBE FLASH label/text in the whole application on production 

18th Sept 2023

Enhancement:

  • System Requirement checks for Headphone, Microphone, and Arabic Inputs before login in the Test 
  • Allow CAT test in Stage 1 
  • Instructional items unnumbered in Test Assembler 
  • Option / Distractor Statistics on the Statistics tab of the item editor

05th Sept 2023

Enhancement:

  • Group test code column added in Examinee Data report 

27th Aug 2023

Enhancements:

  • Essay rubric scores in Gradebook
  • Gradebook – Add Median score in Test Results by Section, and Teacher Subscores reports 
  • Gradebook – Report that shows correct/incorrect for each student by item with standards, student responses, and item preview
  • Gradebook – Always show the overall exam score first in the roster reports 
  • Test Delivery – Tabs for multiple assets in a question set
  • Essay Marking – Ability to go back through all essay responses and change scores (not just back one response)
  • Section Tools – Screen Reader with pause and ability to indicate which text can be read aloud 
  • Section Tools – Answer choice eliminator
  • Section Tools – Copy/Paste from passage to response
  • New section tool – Notepad that persists across items
  • Section Tools – Highlighting in a passage that persists across items – Enhancements

05th July 2023

Enhancements:

  • Make it easier to place Drag & Drop answer choices for text boxes 
  • Essay Marking – Search by name or ID in scored essay responses in addition to test code
  • Gradebook – District report that shows all teachers for a test that can be sorted (ranking) by mean or median
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