2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Kentucky
Number of schools returning results 15
Average of school highest score 17.33
Average school team score 47.60
# of State Student Participants 904
Overall State Average Score 10.10
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 24 6.67
6th 161 9.42
7th 257 9.58
8th 451 10.81
Number of Female Students 450
Average Score of Female Students 9.53
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 14 6.86
6th 66 8.42
7th 141 9.09
8th 224 10.29
Number of Male Participants 445
Average Score of Male Participants 10.67
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 8 6.25
6th 95 10.12
7th 116 10.19
8th 224 11.32
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 2 1 3
23 1 2 3
22 1 0 1
21 0 0 0
20 3 1 4
19 5 2 7
18 12 3 15
17 13 7 20
16 11 5 16
15 28 7 35
14 15 17 33
13 32 27 61
12 39 41 80
11 49 41 91
10 59 59 120
9 45 60 107
8 44 51 95
7 28 41 69
6 25 43 68
5 17 28 46
4 11 9 20
3 4 3 7
2 0 1 1
1 1 0 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 1 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students by Grade
Achieving indicated Score
SCORE 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
25 0 0 0 0
24 0 0 0 3
23 0 0 0 3
22 0 1 0 0
21 0 0 0 0
20 0 1 1 2
19 0 0 3 4
18 0 0 1 14
17 0 3 5 12
16 0 2 4 10
15 0 3 5 27
14 0 5 6 21
13 0 12 17 29
12 0 13 19 47
11 0 21 27 43
10 0 19 37 63
9 8 15 29 54
8 2 18 36 36
7 0 15 25 28
6 5 11 22 30
5 7 13 13 13
4 1 5 5 9
3 1 2 1 3
2 0 1 0 0
1 0 1 0 0
0(@) 0 0 1 0
0($) 0 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
Note: Some students failed to indicate a grade
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Schools with 3+ students
Achieving team Scores
SCORE school count
71 1
66 1
57 1
56 1
55 1
54 1
52 1
49 1
47 1
46 1
37 1
34 1
33 1
31 1
26 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 904 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.88 89.27* 5.86 2.77 0.11 0.11 0.00
2 54.76* 16.15 7.63 16.15 4.54 0.77 0.00
3 77.88* 5.53 1.88 2.54 12.06 0.11 0.00
4 7.08 15.04 61.39* 11.39 4.54 0.55 0.00
5 6.19 10.84 8.85 16.26 56.86* 1.00 0.00
6 34.07 11.84 2.54 49.67* 1.55 0.22 0.11
7 4.98 6.86 7.85 20.24 59.62* 0.33 0.11
8 8.52 3.98 9.62 74.56* 3.10 0.22 0.00
9 6.97 1.88 3.32 17.59* 69.58 0.55 0.11
10 49.45 6.53 12.28 25.88* 4.98 0.88 0.00
11 72.46* 13.27 6.97 2.99 3.98 0.22 0.11
12 12.28 24.89 26.55* 22.01* 13.94* 0.33 0.00
13 5.09 9.29 36.73* 10.95 35.95 1.99 0.00
14 23.12 24.45 21.79* 5.75 24.45 0.44 0.00
15 17.70 32.19* 24.23 15.27 7.74 2.88 0.00
16 21.02 20.69 14.16 31.97* 11.17 1.00 0.00
17 24.00 28.21 18.69 20.80* 6.31 1.88 0.11
18 27.88 17.15 17.04 13.83 22.12* 1.99 0.00
19 37.17 19.14* 10.51 22.23 8.96 1.77 0.22
20 20.02 19.69* 34.96 11.39 11.28 2.65 0.00
21 49.34 17.37 15.93* 10.84 3.43 2.99 0.11
22 22.57* 21.46 21.79 21.57 8.74 3.76 0.11
23 9.73 21.79 23.89* 26.55 12.39 5.20 0.44
24 27.21 22.23 21.24* 14.38 9.62 5.09 0.22
25 19.58* 17.59 20.46 13.94 22.79 5.42 0.22
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem