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Fox Chapel director reports high PSSA, Keystone and AP outcomes; board discusses testing timing and curriculum
Summary
At a Fox Chapel Area School District board meeting, Director of Student Achievement Dr. Steven Edwards presented district assessment results showing substantially higher proficiency and advanced rates than statewide averages and recommended using growth projections to consider earlier Keystone testing and curriculum adjustments.
Dr. Steven Edwards, director of student achievement and instructional verification for Fox Chapel Area School District, presented a year-end review of student assessment data and academic trends to the school board.
Edwards told the board that elementary English language arts and mathematics PSSA results have been strong, with the district generally in the mid-80s percent proficient or advanced in grades 3–5—well above statewide levels. "You can see we far outpace the state as far as proficient and advanced," Edwards said, citing long-term gains and increased numbers of students scoring in the advanced category.
The presentation highlighted specific points of data the district is tracking: a roughly 85% proficiency rate at elementary grades compared with about 55% statewide on PSSA English language arts; a 56.1% advanced rate for fourth-grade ELA in the most recent year; a 56.8% advanced rate for fifth-grade math noted as "phenomenal" by Edwards; and a science assessment result where overall…
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