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Smarter Balanced and Fairway Technologies are pleased to release updates to the SmaterApp test delivery software that incorporates the final set of performance improvements. Along with the code updates is documentation to assist in deploying the various components that comprise the shared services and test delivery system and revised hosting requirements information.

Source Code Repository

Deployment Checklist

Hosting Requirements

Hosting Cost Calculator

Updated repositories

Student Application

• Performance improvements
• Secure Browser Session Launch Protocol
• Illustration Glossary accessibility feature

Test Delivery System Database Access

• Performance improvements
• Test Results Transmission updates

Test Delivery System / Proctor

• Performance improvements
• TDS Routing capability using the new Test Delivery System Router component

Item Renderer

• Secure Browser Session Launch Protocol
• Illustration Glossary accessibility feature
• Test Results Transmission updates

Administration and Registration Tools

• User search performance improvements
• Illustration Glossary accessibility feature

Test Integration System

• Test Results Transmission updates
• Configuration and documentation in the README file

New component

Test Delivery System Router

As of Fall 2018 the Smarter Balanced Test Delivery System (TDS) is no longer supported.

The code base and documentation for the TDS is available within the Smarter Balanced GitHub repository.

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