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