2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Louisiana
Number of schools returning results 11
Average of school highest score 16.91
Average school team score 46.45
# of State Student Participants 547
Overall State Average Score 10.44
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 75 9.40
7th 183 9.75
8th 287 11.18
Number of Female Students 233
Average Score of Female Students 10.24
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 25 9.20
7th 83 9.67
8th 125 10.82
Number of Male Participants 307
Average Score of Male Participants 10.62
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 50 9.50
7th 97 9.84
8th 159 11.44
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 1 0 1
23 0 2 2
22 0 0 0
21 1 1 2
20 2 0 2
19 4 3 7
18 8 5 13
17 8 1 9
16 10 5 15
15 12 5 18
14 21 6 27
13 16 17 34
12 25 27 52
11 29 32 62
10 33 24 58
9 33 27 61
8 39 30 69
7 33 18 52
6 19 21 40
5 6 7 13
4 3 2 5
3 2 0 2
2 1 0 1
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 0 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
24 0 1 0 0
23 0 0 0 2
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 0 2
20 0 0 0 2
19 0 0 2 5
18 0 0 1 12
17 0 1 1 7
16 0 1 4 10
15 0 4 4 10
14 0 0 11 16
13 0 5 7 21
12 0 7 18 27
11 0 5 19 38
10 0 3 28 27
9 0 13 17 31
8 0 12 25 32
7 0 10 26 16
6 0 10 10 20
5 0 1 5 7
4 0 0 4 1
3 0 2 0 0
2 0 0 1 0
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 0 0 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
72 1
60 1
59 1
57 1
54 1
47 1
42 1
40 1
39 1
21 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 547 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.65 90.13* 5.12 2.56 0.18 0.37 0.00
2 53.02* 14.81 8.59 16.27 6.58 0.73 0.00
3 78.06* 5.85 1.83 2.56 11.33 0.37 0.00
4 4.57 17.92 60.15* 10.97 5.67 0.73 0.00
5 5.85 9.87 10.24 17.00 56.12* 0.91 0.00
6 34.37 7.13 1.46 55.76* 1.10 0.18 0.00
7 2.74 3.29 6.76 19.38 66.73* 0.91 0.18
8 4.39 3.11 9.32 81.17* 1.83 0.18 0.00
9 4.02 2.01 3.11 19.01* 71.66 0.18 0.00
10 44.97 7.31 11.15 30.90* 4.94 0.73 0.00
11 75.69* 10.79 8.23 2.19 2.74 0.37 0.00
12 10.24 28.88 29.98* 18.83* 11.52* 0.55 0.00
13 5.85 8.78 39.49* 10.60 33.27 2.01 0.00
14 22.85 23.77 21.02* 5.12 26.51 0.73 0.00
15 15.90 37.48* 21.39 12.07 10.05 2.93 0.18
16 22.67 19.93 15.90 32.91* 7.13 1.28 0.18
17 21.57 28.88 18.46 22.49* 6.58 2.01 0.00
18 26.87 17.92 17.92 13.89 21.39* 1.65 0.37
19 38.03 16.82* 8.59 25.59 9.32 1.65 0.00
20 22.12 21.94* 31.08 12.61 9.69 2.56 0.00
21 46.80 19.38 16.64* 10.79 3.29 3.11 0.00
22 21.76* 23.22 22.67 16.45 11.33 4.39 0.18
23 9.14 21.94 22.49* 28.88 12.61 4.57 0.37
24 28.15 20.66 20.84* 14.44 10.42 5.48 0.00
25 21.76* 16.45 19.74 16.45 19.56 5.67 0.37
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem