2007 AMC8 Report for all schools in Connecticut
Number of schools returning results 36
Average of school highest score 18.33
Average school team score 48.94
# of State Student Participants 2384
Overall State Average Score 9.86
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 21 6.67
6th 307 8.91
7th 861 9.74
8th 1178 10.26
Number of Female Students 1142
Average Score of Female Students 9.38
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 9 6.11
6th 134 8.52
7th 414 9.20
8th 583 9.75
Number of Male Participants 1210
Average Score of Male Participants 10.33
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 12 7.08
6th 169 9.25
7th 437 10.24
8th 584 10.78
2007 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 1 0 1
23 1 1 2
22 1 1 2
21 6 3 9
20 4 3 7
19 6 5 11
18 14 6 20
17 28 17 46
16 32 20 54
15 41 24 65
14 77 44 122
13 106 68 176
12 104 75 182
11 132 96 231
10 148 150 304
9 129 164 296
8 122 145 269
7 96 102 203
6 64 87 153
5 50 64 114
4 26 43 69
3 9 12 21
2 7 8 15
1 1 1 2
0 (@) 3 0 3
0 ($) 1 3 6
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
24 0 1 0 0
23 0 0 0 2
22 0 0 0 2
21 0 2 2 5
20 0 1 2 4
19 0 0 4 7
18 0 0 10 9
17 0 2 14 29
16 0 7 19 27
15 0 6 25 34
14 2 11 38 71
13 1 13 58 104
12 0 18 63 98
11 0 21 99 110
10 1 34 104 164
9 1 44 112 137
8 2 41 93 129
7 3 37 65 97
6 2 24 63 64
5 3 21 43 47
4 2 12 31 24
3 0 4 10 7
2 4 6 3 2
1 0 0 0 2
0(@) 0 2 3 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 2384 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 2.85 4.82 2.43 86.87* 2.47 0.46 0.08
2 19.67 2.47 2.73 5.79 68.54* 0.76 0.04
3 6.88 13.63 60.82* 12.25 4.74 1.51 0.17
4 5.75 14.64 3.52 50.46* 25.00 0.59 0.04
5 3.94 87.21* 3.98 1.89 2.56 0.38 0.04
6 4.82 25.84 36.45 3.98 27.31* 1.51 0.08
7 10.40 15.90 4.07 58.43* 8.89 2.22 0.08
8 3.86 60.61* 6.88 16.57 10.11 1.85 0.13
9 3.48 81.54* 2.52 3.36 8.39 0.59 0.13
10 28.23 8.68 32.42 20.89* 4.74 4.91 0.13
11 6.29 8.39 20.76 35.32* 26.43 2.64 0.17
12 48.78* 12.50 12.79 13.88 9.31 2.64 0.08
13 48.53 27.06 13.63* 4.99 3.23 2.47 0.08
14 43.50 17.11 12.08* 7.68 16.65 2.89 0.08
15 42.03* 6.21 6.50 21.02 21.94 2.27 0.04
16 23.49* 7.68 9.10 48.66 7.80 3.19 0.08
17 10.03 28.31 32.55* 18.37 7.01 3.65 0.08
18 7.59 14.64 17.24 45.26* 9.61 5.45 0.21
19 23.70 29.91 21.02* 11.95 6.54 6.84 0.04
20 23.57* 16.23 18.83 14.72 17.20 9.19 0.25
21 9.40 18.83 35.03 11.70* 16.23 8.56 0.25
22 8.18 26.09 21.77* 21.02 10.65 11.91 0.38
23 7.30 24.87* 33.18 14.18 9.56 10.53 0.38
24 23.57 22.11 15.56* 13.76 12.88 12.00 0.13
25 13.00 12.04* 32.55 13.38 14.35 14.60 0.08
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem