2002 State Report for Arkansas
Number of schools returning results 22
Average of school highest score 17.64
Average school team score 49.36
# of State Student Participants 1216
Overall State Average Score 9.91
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 108 7.67
7th 280 9.32
8th 820 10.44
Number of Female Students 588
Average Score of Female Students 9.29
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 45 6.93
7th 139 8.82
8th 399 9.76
Number of Male Participants 619
Average Score of Male Participants 10.48
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 63 8.19
7th 139 9.83
8th 415 11.06
2002 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 1 0 1
23 0 0 0
22 1 0 1
21 4 0 4
20 4 3 7
19 3 4 7
18 12 1 14
17 12 7 20
16 24 8 33
15 34 11 45
14 34 23 57
13 38 38 76
12 56 50 106
11 72 60 133
10 74 68 142
9 58 69 129
8 50 66 117
7 49 54 104
6 39 53 92
5 33 33 66
4 10 23 34
3 9 11 20
2 2 3 5
1 0 2 2
0 (@) 0 1 1
0 ($) 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2002 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 1
23 0 0 0 0
22 0 0 0 1
21 0 0 0 4
20 0 0 1 6
19 0 0 0 7
18 0 0 2 12
17 0 0 3 17
16 0 1 6 26
15 0 2 8 35
14 0 1 7 49
13 0 4 16 55
12 0 3 19 84
11 0 4 33 95
10 0 13 33 96
9 0 9 36 84
8 0 12 35 69
7 0 18 27 58
6 0 20 21 51
5 0 10 16 38
4 0 4 11 17
3 0 4 6 10
2 0 2 0 3
1 0 1 0 1
0(@) 0 0 0 1
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
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2002
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 1216 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 12.34 5.76 31.41 44.24* 5.92 0.33 0.00
2 64.31* 15.38 12.09 4.36 3.62 0.16 0.08
3 13.82 36.60 33.39* 10.12 4.52 1.40 0.16
4 16.20 43.01* 20.48 16.20 3.21 0.82 0.08
5 15.30 18.50 33.96* 16.04 14.56 1.56 0.08
6 25.33* 20.64 18.17 9.62 25.90 0.33 0.00
7 28.70 5.02 4.85 4.61 56.50* 0.33 0.00
8 0.58 2.06 1.23 88.49* 7.40 0.08 0.16
9 5.92 76.15* 8.06 5.67 3.95 0.16 0.08
10 13.65 4.61 12.01 28.78 40.30* 0.58 0.08
11 9.29 11.51 61.35* 9.54 7.81 0.49 0.00
12 2.38 72.12* 15.54 4.69 5.26 0.00 0.00
13 37.99 24.67 4.44 14.56 18.09* 0.25 0.00
14 5.84 10.77* 58.80 9.54 14.64 0.41 0.00
15 4.77 5.10 8.22 4.36 76.56* 0.82 0.16
16 19.57 19.24 23.44 20.48 15.63* 1.40 0.25
17 23.03 15.46 51.56* 5.43 3.87 0.49 0.16
18 9.38 15.05 25.74 21.38 26.48* 1.81 0.16
19 12.99 36.68 12.01 21.88* 15.13 1.15 0.16
20 14.06 17.68 29.36 26.97* 9.46 2.47 0.00
21 3.78 5.35 81.83 4.44 1.97* 2.63 0.00
22 10.44 28.95 22.86* 10.28 24.42 2.88 0.16
23 18.91 23.19* 24.67 15.30 14.14 3.78 0.00
24 12.75 26.40* 27.80 22.04 6.83 4.03 0.16
25 9.46 29.77* 19.65 25.16 11.10 4.85 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem