2004 AMC8 Report for Taiwan Schools                 

           Number of schools returning results      436
           Average of school highest score        17.5
           Average school team score              53.88

           # of State Student Participants         7573
           Overall State Average Score            13.23

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              76          11.42
                    6th             217          12.43
                    7th            2310          12.65
                    8th            4916          13.59



           Number of Female Students               3234
           Average Score of Female Students       12.43

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               24          10.29
                   6th               70          10.53
                   7th              978          11.83
                   8th             2154          12.79



           Number of Male Participants             4266
           Average Score of Male Participants     13.88

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               51          12.02
                   6th              145          13.41
                   7th             1316          13.29
                   8th             2739          14.24




                     2004 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            9            1           10
                  24           25            7           32
                  23           51           13           64
                  22           73           27          101
                  21          115           35          150
                  20          134           49          183
                  19          192           81          273
                  18          248          156          405
                  17          293          178          475
                  16          355          202          558
                  15          359          234          597
                  14          398          275          680
                  13          385          294          684
                  12          372          308          688
                  11          347          328          685
                  10          275          252          532
                   9          228          226          461
                   8          151          214          373
                   7          102          128          237
                   6           79          108          188
                   5           35           55           92
                   4           24           39           64
                   3            7           15           23
                   2            2            4            6
                   1            2            2            4
                   0  (@)       0            0            0
                   0  ($)       5            3            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            2            8
              24          0            1           12           19
              23          0            7           10           47
              22          2            4           24           71
              21          0            5           41          104
              20          1            8           48          125
              19          0            5           67          201
              18          4            6           93          301
              17          4           14          115          339
              16          3           10          165          379
              15          4           11          174          406
              14          3           12          197          462
              13          5           10          186          482
              12          9           16          208          450
              11          6           22          240          410
              10          9           19          182          316
               9          9           20          172          254
               8          6           14          132          216
               7          2           12           93          125
               6          5            6           76          100
               5          1            7           40           43
               4          1            6           23           34
               3          1            0            6           14
               2          0            0            3            3
               1          0            0            1            3
               0(@)       1            2            0            4
               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    7573 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.36     97.65*     0.71      0.17      0.87      0.18      0.05
      2    5.33     63.48*    21.39      5.81      1.36      1.93      0.70
      3   82.44*     5.27      5.63      2.36      2.13      1.66      0.51
      4    1.86     66.33*    15.95      8.58      4.28      1.94      1.06
      5   28.22      2.80      6.56     57.08*     3.74      0.99      0.61
      6    5.88      8.69     72.68*     5.14      3.90      2.92      0.81
      7    2.65     65.17*     3.88     23.91      1.91      0.90      1.57
      8   32.50     56.93*     6.48      1.32      0.96      0.55      1.25
      9    2.72      4.71      4.46     80.40*     5.03      2.19      0.48
     10    1.10      3.05      3.43     12.52     78.20*     0.98      0.73
     11    3.99     10.56     72.90*     6.19      2.61      3.17      0.57
     12   44.66     20.02*    11.61     14.91      3.66      4.28      0.87
     13   28.47      6.27     10.75     16.08     34.12*     3.05      1.25
     14    7.45     19.44     53.27*    10.75      2.48      5.66      0.95
     15    6.95     12.61     52.16*    15.82      9.52      2.14      0.81
     16    2.07      3.74     41.45*    16.41     32.40      3.04      0.88
     17    8.58     16.64     19.31     35.69*    16.37      2.34      1.07
     18   49.82*     4.20     12.69     14.49     11.99      5.52      1.29
     19    6.34     56.57*    11.78      6.51     12.29      5.72      0.79
     20   12.91     12.68     16.73     34.40*    15.63      6.31      1.33
     21    7.65     13.44     19.95     36.87*    13.69      7.49      0.91
     22    6.40     24.53*    14.23      8.94     35.43      8.72      1.74
     23   26.09      6.58      9.52     39.80*    10.93      6.23      0.85
     24   10.43     13.51     36.05*    13.77     13.32     11.79      1.12
     25   10.74     11.71     30.04     15.13*    21.50      9.60      1.28


   (*)  Correct Response

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