2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in Massachusetts           

           Number of schools returning results       50
           Average of school highest score        18.66
           Average school team score              51.94

           # of State Student Participants         3841
           Overall State Average Score            10.15

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              36           8.81
                    6th             463           8.77
                    7th            1371           9.59
                    8th            1952          10.90



           Number of Female Students               1815
           Average Score of Female Students        9.62

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               17           8.41
                   6th              184           8.11
                   7th              673           9.10
                   8th              934          10.32



           Number of Male Participants             1980
           Average Score of Male Participants     10.63

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               19           9.16
                   6th              279           9.20
                   7th              682          10.09
                   8th              993          11.45




                     2004 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            0            0            0
                  24            2            0            2
                  23            2            0            2
                  22            8            3           11
                  21           11            3           14
                  20           20            6           26
                  19           28           13           42
                  18           32            9           41
                  17           51           17           68
                  16           67           34          104
                  15           93           71          166
                  14          121           82          206
                  13          143          117          264
                  12          172          130          308
                  11          183          178          363
                  10          212          202          417
                   9          209          210          425
                   8          201          252          456
                   7          170          172          347
                   6          111          134          249
                   5           82           96          181
                   4           37           51           89
                   3           15           28           43
                   2            4            4            8
                   1            0            1            1
                   0  (@)       0            0            0
                   0  ($)       6            2            8



           (@)  These students attempted some of the problems
           ($)  These students attempted none of the problems
           (*)  Total includes students who failed to mark their gender

                         2004 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            1            1
              23          0            0            0            2
              22          0            0            3            8
              21          0            0            3           11
              20          0            0            4           22
              19          0            2            9           31
              18          1            3           10           27
              17          1            4           21           42
              16          0            6           27           70
              15          1            8           46          111
              14          1           19           48          138
              13          0           21           95          146
              12          1           23          107          176
              11          3           37          116          206
              10          6           42          149          216
               9          3           61          163          196
               8          6           67          182          200
               7          4           55          147          138
               6          3           53           93           98
               5          4           28           76           72
               4          1           18           47           22
               3          1           13           16           13
               2          0            1            3            4
               1          0            1            0            0
               0(@)       0            1            5            2
               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 2004
                      American Mathematics Contest  8
                 Tabulation of responses by    3841 Students
                             Percent of Responses


    ITEM    A         B         C         D         E       OMITS       ?
    ____  _____     _____     _____     _____     _____     _____     _____

      1    1.59     90.65*     4.24      0.99      1.98      0.52      0.03
      2    5.34     49.73*    34.99      8.33      0.86      0.76      0.00
      3   74.77*    13.56      6.43      2.40      1.54      1.20      0.10
      4    2.79     53.76*    19.63     12.16     10.54      1.04      0.08
      5   11.22      2.19     17.44     61.16*     7.47      0.44      0.08
      6   19.42     16.32     52.07*     6.51      3.85      1.80      0.03
      7    2.34     48.37*     6.27     38.43      3.64      0.83      0.10
      8   25.33     51.52*    10.00      4.76      6.12      2.24      0.03
      9    8.62     12.94     13.28     39.29*    22.44      3.33      0.10
     10    3.05      6.27      4.92     23.87     60.79*     1.02      0.08
     11    5.26     15.99     64.80*     7.42      4.63      1.90      0.00
     12   24.03     22.88*    14.14     24.24     11.53      3.12      0.05
     13   31.94      8.59     13.75     16.25     26.71*     2.66      0.10
     14   13.17     28.98     35.82*    14.16      3.75      4.11      0.00
     15   15.02     14.06     37.18*    16.30     15.02      2.34      0.08
     16    4.56      9.89     20.72*     6.61     53.81      4.17      0.23
     17    5.47     20.75     25.20     23.01*    21.43      4.04      0.10
     18   41.40*     6.72     18.59     20.70      6.17      6.38      0.05
     19   20.23     36.42*    16.38     10.15      7.78      8.98      0.05
     20   10.99     21.97     26.09     24.11*     8.41      8.36      0.08
     21   10.91     17.65     21.14     24.24*    17.24      8.62      0.21
     22   11.12     16.40*    12.86      8.85     40.95      9.58      0.23
     23   37.26      8.62      8.28     22.10*    13.49      9.95      0.31
     24   14.45     20.05     22.73*    16.14     12.99     13.54      0.10
     25   15.52     23.54     14.06     14.03*    19.68     13.12      0.05


   (*)  Correct Response

   (?)  Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
        erasures or two answers marked for the same problem