2007 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alabama
Number of schools returning results 28
Average of school highest score 16.04
Average school team score 43.71
# of State Student Participants 942
Overall State Average Score 9.88
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 50 5.42
6th 138 8.27
7th 237 9.16
8th 500 11.10
Number of Female Students 420
Average Score of Female Students 9.23
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 20 4.25
6th 56 7.89
7th 105 8.61
8th 236 10.29
Number of Male Participants 505
Average Score of Male Participants 10.39
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 30 6.20
6th 77 8.48
7th 127 9.68
8th 259 11.76
2007 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 1 0 1
23 1 0 1
22 2 0 2
21 3 1 4
20 7 0 7
19 10 3 13
18 11 3 14
17 13 5 18
16 14 13 30
15 25 8 34
14 24 16 41
13 31 27 59
12 36 35 72
11 38 38 76
10 47 45 94
9 62 44 108
8 59 45 105
7 44 37 83
6 28 38 67
5 17 18 37
4 14 21 35
3 9 14 23
2 6 4 10
1 2 3 5
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 1 2 3
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
23 0 0 1 0
22 0 0 0 2
21 0 0 0 4
20 0 0 0 7
19 0 0 2 11
18 0 0 5 8
17 0 1 3 13
16 0 1 4 25
15 0 0 6 28
14 0 4 7 29
13 1 4 16 36
12 1 12 13 44
11 0 9 21 45
10 2 13 22 56
9 5 14 21 67
8 3 22 30 46
7 4 22 27 29
6 7 12 27 21
5 4 11 10 12
4 8 7 12 8
3 8 4 7 3
2 4 2 2 1
1 3 0 0 2
0(@) 0 0 1 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 2007
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 942 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 4.88 4.56 4.46 81.85* 3.61 0.53 0.11
2 16.88 3.61 3.08 6.16 69.43* 0.85 0.00
3 5.63 8.60 69.96* 9.98 4.35 1.38 0.11
4 8.92 13.16 4.35 45.12* 27.71 0.64 0.11
5 5.63 84.39* 4.35 1.27 3.72 0.64 0.00
6 5.84 20.28 36.73 4.14 31.63* 1.38 0.00
7 10.62 16.56 6.48 56.26* 8.07 1.91 0.11
8 5.20 52.34* 5.84 21.97 12.74 1.91 0.00
9 4.35 75.80* 2.55 2.87 13.80 0.64 0.00
10 27.39 7.86 30.89 26.11* 4.56 3.18 0.00
11 6.16 10.30 20.06 34.18* 26.65 2.34 0.32
12 42.89* 14.33 16.24 14.86 9.45 2.23 0.00
13 40.87 31.85 16.45* 4.78 3.61 2.34 0.11
14 41.61 17.62 15.71* 6.69 14.97 3.29 0.11
15 43.63* 6.37 6.58 19.53 21.66 1.91 0.32
16 25.69* 9.77 11.57 41.19 9.45 2.34 0.00
17 8.60 32.48 32.27* 15.18 8.81 2.65 0.00
18 7.11 16.88 17.62 44.16* 10.40 3.82 0.00
19 29.09 27.39 24.10* 8.92 5.73 4.67 0.11
20 30.15* 15.71 18.26 13.59 16.03 6.16 0.11
21 9.77 19.11 42.68 10.30* 13.06 4.88 0.21
22 9.66 26.33 24.52* 22.29 9.87 7.32 0.00
23 8.17 22.93* 32.59 16.35 13.27 6.48 0.21
24 25.90 22.08 16.14* 14.97 13.80 6.79 0.32
25 13.16 11.78* 41.93 13.27 12.10 7.54 0.21
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem