2007 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alaska
Number of schools returning results 9
Average of school highest score 15.56
Average school team score 42.22
# of State Student Participants 548
Overall State Average Score 8.80
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 8.00
6th 83 6.20
7th 205 8.35
8th 252 9.96
Number of Female Students 284
Average Score of Female Students 8.57
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 43 6.35
7th 106 8.06
8th 133 9.69
Number of Male Participants 254
Average Score of Male Participants 8.99
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 8.00
6th 39 5.97
7th 96 8.64
8th 116 10.24
2007 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 0 0 0
22 0 0 0
21 1 0 1
20 0 1 1
19 2 1 3
18 4 0 4
17 3 2 5
16 3 6 10
15 5 3 8
14 5 8 13
13 13 14 28
12 15 23 39
11 27 24 53
10 33 25 59
9 21 31 54
8 37 28 65
7 22 34 56
6 20 30 52
5 20 22 42
4 11 18 29
3 7 8 15
2 3 3 6
1 2 3 5
0 (@) 0 0 0
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
2007 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 0
23 0 0 0 0
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 0 0 1
19 0 0 1 2
18 0 0 0 3
17 0 0 2 3
16 0 0 3 7
15 0 0 2 6
14 0 0 3 10
13 0 0 9 18
12 0 2 8 28
11 0 1 22 28
10 0 9 13 37
9 0 6 26 22
8 1 10 28 26
7 0 9 26 20
6 0 10 29 13
5 0 12 16 13
4 0 11 11 7
3 0 6 4 5
2 0 4 1 1
1 0 3 1 1
0(@) 0 0 0 0
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 2007
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 548 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 5.47 4.20 5.47 81.57* 2.92 0.36 0.00
2 24.27 4.56 4.01 7.85 59.12* 0.18 0.00
3 11.50 15.33 53.65* 12.59 5.47 1.28 0.18
4 8.39 16.42 5.29 41.97* 27.37 0.55 0.00
5 6.93 79.01* 6.75 2.37 4.74 0.18 0.00
6 6.57 24.27 39.60 4.74 24.27* 0.55 0.00
7 14.23 20.80 4.56 52.19* 7.12 1.09 0.00
8 4.01 54.56* 8.21 20.44 11.86 0.73 0.18
9 6.02 70.07* 4.93 5.11 13.50 0.36 0.00
10 32.30 11.86 33.21 14.60* 5.47 2.55 0.00
11 6.20 6.57 24.27 35.04* 26.82 1.09 0.00
12 47.63* 16.24 12.77 12.77 8.39 2.19 0.00
13 45.62 31.75 13.32* 4.01 2.92 2.37 0.00
14 44.34 19.89 10.04* 5.66 17.34 2.74 0.00
15 36.68* 5.84 7.48 20.99 27.19 1.82 0.00
16 20.80* 7.12 11.31 47.81 10.04 2.92 0.00
17 12.41 35.22 23.91* 15.33 10.40 2.74 0.00
18 7.12 14.60 19.16 43.25* 11.31 4.38 0.18
19 31.20 33.39 16.24* 11.13 2.92 4.93 0.18
20 25.00* 18.61 18.07 12.23 18.25 7.85 0.00
21 8.39 21.72 36.68 7.85* 17.15 8.21 0.00
22 9.49 27.01 23.18* 20.07 9.49 10.77 0.00
23 9.31 21.90* 32.12 15.88 9.67 10.95 0.18
24 27.92 20.07 12.77* 12.96 13.87 12.23 0.18
25 12.23 10.95* 41.24 11.13 10.22 14.23 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem