2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in New Jersery             

           Number of schools returning results       65
           Average of school highest score        17.89
           Average school team score              50.05

           # of State Student Participants         4217
           Overall State Average Score            10.31

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              35           7.69
                    6th             449           8.64
                    7th            1284          10.05
                    8th            2413          10.80



           Number of Female Students               1983
           Average Score of Female Students        9.81

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               20           8.15
                   6th              212           8.06
                   7th              562           9.53
                   8th             1174          10.29



           Number of Male Participants             2188
           Average Score of Male Participants     10.77

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               15           7.07
                   6th              232           9.14
                   7th              712          10.48
                   8th             1213          11.29




                     2004 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            0            0            0
                  24            1            0            1
                  23            2            0            2
                  22            2            1            3
                  21            7            0            7
                  20           14            7           22
                  19           27            9           37
                  18           48           14           62
                  17           55           24           79
                  16           92           49          142
                  15          113           58          171
                  14          130          104          239
                  13          162          157          322
                  12          204          172          380
                  11          273          197          474
                  10          235          234          476
                   9          210          228          445
                   8          187          226          415
                   7          159          177          340
                   6          113          138          256
                   5           85          107          193
                   4           41           50           91
                   3           17           18           35
                   2            5            8           13
                   1            1            1            2
                   0  (@)       0            0            0
                   0  ($)       5            4           10



           (@)  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            0            1
              23          0            0            0            2
              22          0            0            0            3
              21          0            0            1            6
              20          0            0            4           18
              19          0            2           14           20
              18          0            2           15           44
              17          0            2           19           58
              16          0            7           34          100
              15          0            6           52          113
              14          1            8           75          150
              13          2           15           80          221
              12          0           20          126          231
              11          1           47          139          285
              10          5           59          139          268
               9          2           48          131          259
               8          6           70          130          207
               7          5           60          113          159
               6          7           38          102          107
               5          3           36           66           87
               4          2           17           27           45
               3          0            7           10           17
               2          1            3            3            6
               1          0            2            0            0
               0(@)       0            0            4            6
               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    4217 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    1.19     92.22*     3.44      0.95      1.61      0.59      0.00
      2    5.45     48.04*    35.02      9.77      0.90      0.78      0.02
      3   75.50*    13.09      5.76      2.35      1.47      1.75      0.07
      4    2.32     53.97*    21.20     10.88     10.74      0.83      0.05
      5   11.71      2.77     15.96     61.66*     7.37      0.45      0.07
      6   16.84     15.30     56.08*     5.93      4.22      1.61      0.02
      7    1.68     52.36*     4.29     37.14      3.49      1.00      0.05
      8   24.45     53.45*     9.82      4.32      5.69      2.28      0.00
      9    8.92     12.17     13.40     40.72*    21.08      3.68      0.05
     10    2.87      5.71      4.43     23.50     62.18*     1.09      0.21
     11    5.48     16.01     65.64*     6.85      3.96      2.04      0.02
     12   24.52     21.63*    14.77     25.47     10.69      2.89      0.02
     13   33.89      7.49     13.82     17.19     25.09*     2.35      0.17
     14   12.62     26.87     35.83*    16.46      4.70      3.46      0.07
     15   16.48     13.82     36.21*    16.08     15.15      2.04      0.21
     16    4.60      8.96     20.01*     7.19     55.44      3.49      0.31
     17    5.10     22.01     25.30     25.80*    18.28      3.23      0.28
     18   43.23*     6.45     17.05     22.31      5.67      5.22      0.07
     19   19.71     36.47*    17.60      9.89      8.73      7.52      0.09
     20   12.45     22.12     24.92     24.92*     8.70      6.73      0.14
     21   11.22     17.57     19.49     26.20*    18.64      6.73      0.14
     22   10.53     17.22*    13.14      9.15     41.74      7.78      0.45
     23   40.46      8.96      8.32     20.87*    13.52      7.61      0.26
     24   15.48     20.16     22.60*    17.67     12.19     11.83      0.07
     25   15.30     23.83     14.65     13.42*    20.94     11.69      0.17


   (*)  Correct Response

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