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Fox Chapel district reports steady high achievement, highlights middle‑school student‑led conferences
Summary
The district reported high PSSA/Keystone advanced rates and growth gains at the middle school; Dorseyville Middle School described a quarterly student‑led conferencing model intended to boost reflection, public speaking and teacher‑student connections.
At its May 4 meeting the Fox Chapel Area School District presented a district‑level data review and a school demonstration of student‑led conferencing aimed at increasing student ownership of learning.
Dr. Edwards, the district's director of student achievement, summarized assessment trends: strong percentages of students scoring "advanced" on PSSA and Keystone assessments at elementary and middle grades (elementary math advanced rates near 60% in some grades; DMS demonstrated nearly 16 percentage points of gain across grades 6–8 since 2015) and an overall high rate of AP success — 921 AP exams with 80.67% of scores at 4 or 5 for 2024–25. He…
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