Updates to the 1999-2000 Version of FASTER

Effective: September 7, 2000
Revised: September 7, 2000

This document lists the updates that have been made to the current version of the FASTER system since the November 14th, 1999 release.

  • As of September 7, 2000:

  • As of August 22, 2000:
  • As of July 7, 2000:
  • As of May 11, 2000, the following corrections and changes were made to Appendix I, format 8:
  • Program SRTS03 has been updated to include these changes.

  • As of April 27, 2000, the newest Bright Futures message code, B07, was added to Appendix D and it reads "The student is already in Bright Futures production, do not also send as Top Twenty."

  • As of April 2, 2000, a correction was made to program SRTS03 for the Limited English Proficiency Codes. All of the generic test subject content codes are now  valid for the LEP tests, BOL, BLC, BIN, BSM, BVA, CAS, COD, DLD, IPT, LAB, LAS, MAC, MLP, OLE, PVT, SLP, TLD, and WM.

  • As of March 23, 2000, institution number 82 was added to program SRTS03 to handle Top Twenty processing.

  • As of March 08, 2000, a correction was made to the subtest Math Level 1C (Calculator) of the SATII test. The Test Subject Content Code was corrected from MI to M1 and the Eight Character Subject Code was corrected from ACH MI to ACH M1C.

  • As of January 21, 2000, a new field, Seventh Semester Rank, Percentile, has been added to the Interdistrict/Secondary format. This is the percentile rank indicating the position of a student at the end of the seventh semester of high school. Another new field, Talented Twenty Status as of Seventh Semester, has been added to the Postsecondary format. This field indicates whether or not the student was a member of the Talented Twenty at the end of the seventh semester of high school. These fields are intended to aid guidance officers in tracking the Talented Twenty.

    Program SRTS03 has been updated to include processing for these new fields and Appendix R has been updated to include the new edits. Appendix I has been updated to include the new interdistrict/secondary field as item 39b in the I/S01 format. Appendix J has been updated to include the postsecondary field as item 11a in the P01 format.

  • As of January 21, 2000, Bright Futures message code B06 was added to Appendix D and it reads "The record sent to the Bright Futures Office was rejected because the public/private school was not a valid school for Bright Futures. Either correct the data and resend or contact the Bright Futures Office."

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