Identified: 03/18/26; Resolved: Targeting January 2027; Issue: In the Grades 6–8 Speaking DFAs (Forms 1–6) for the Summarize an Academic Presentation task, the first SAY line in each of two passages contains partially incorrect wording. "You will listen to another recorded presentation," and the incorrect text in the second passage SAY line reads, "In this part of the test, you will listen to a recorded presentation." Resolution: The DFA will be corrected for the 2026–27 administration. Workaround None. This is a directional issue only. It does not impact the student’s ability to answer the question. Identified: 02/15/26; Resolved: Targeting August 2026; Issue: In the High School CAST Interim Assessment–Life Sciences I, item number 3, there is a typo in the image depicting a formula. Resolution: The image will be corrected for the 2026–27 administration. Workaround None. This is a display issue only. It does not affect test delivery, student responses, scoring, or reporting. Identified: 07/25/25; Resolved: TBD; The California Educator Reporting System (CERS), Custom Aggregate Reports for high school mathematics are displaying “NA” for the Target description. In this case, the NA stands for “Not Available” meaning the data is not available to render in CERS. Resolution: Smarter Balanced is working towards a solution that will make these descriptions available in CERS. Workaround Users may utilize the Smarter Balanced Content Explorer to access the relevant target descriptions.
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Title: Some admins may be unable to view usage reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center User impact: Admins may be unable to view usage reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Current status: Our fix is progressing as expected, and telemetry indicates that the issue is resolved for a majority of admins. We're continuing to closely monitor the rollout and expect it be fully saturated within the next 12 hours or sooner. Scope of impact: Some admins attempting to view usage reports in the Microsoft 365 admin center may be impacted. Start time: Monday, May 18, 2026, at 11:00 PM UTC Estimated time to resolve: We estimate that this issue will be resolved in the next 12 hours. Root cause: A recent service change related to a backend infrastructure migration contained a code issue which is causing impact. Next update by: Friday, May 29, 2026, at 12:30 AM UTC
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Issue: In the Grades 6–8 Speaking DFAs (Forms 1–6) for the Summarize an Academic Presentation task, the first SAY line in each of two passages contains partially incorrect wording. "You will listen to another recorded presentation," and the incorrect text in the second passage SAY line reads, "In this part of the test, you will listen to a recorded presentation."; Issue: In the High School CAST Interim Assessment–Life Sciences I, item number 3, there is a typo in the image depicting a formula.; The California Educator Reporting System (CERS), Custom Aggregate Reports for high school mathematics are displaying “NA” for the Target description. In this case, the NA stands for “Not Available” meaning the data is not available to render in CERS.
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