2007 AMC8 Report for all schools in Kansas
Number of schools returning results 54
Average of school highest score 16.30
Average school team score 44.43
# of State Student Participants 2293
Overall State Average Score 9.11
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 117 6.01
6th 265 7.79
7th 755 9.01
8th 1150 9.80
Number of Female Students 1092
Average Score of Female Students 8.72
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 56 5.73
6th 120 7.11
7th 360 8.63
8th 553 9.43
Number of Male Participants 1175
Average Score of Male Participants 9.49
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 61 6.26
6th 142 8.39
7th 391 9.35
8th 579 10.19
2007 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 3 0 3
23 2 0 2
22 2 1 3
21 4 1 5
20 5 1 6
19 9 3 12
18 14 9 23
17 21 11 32
16 20 13 34
15 36 27 63
14 50 35 88
13 66 50 117
12 101 54 158
11 107 95 202
10 120 115 239
9 115 138 256
8 118 127 247
7 98 120 219
6 108 92 200
5 77 83 163
4 50 70 123
3 30 25 56
2 12 13 25
1 7 9 16
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 0 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 3
23 0 1 1 0
22 0 1 0 2
21 0 1 1 3
20 0 0 2 4
19 0 1 3 8
18 0 2 5 16
17 0 0 11 21
16 0 0 10 24
15 0 3 16 44
14 0 1 31 54
13 0 10 34 73
12 2 10 51 95
11 2 13 62 124
10 3 22 80 134
9 9 25 101 121
8 11 39 85 111
7 16 39 83 81
6 29 36 57 78
5 16 26 60 61
4 14 19 35 54
3 7 8 17 24
2 7 7 5 6
1 1 1 5 9
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 2293 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 4.93 5.19 3.66 81.64* 4.32 0.22 0.04
2 22.85 4.97 5.45 6.45 59.62* 0.61 0.04
3 9.94 12.87 57.57* 13.61 5.02 0.83 0.17
4 9.73 13.43 4.23 42.87* 29.26 0.26 0.22
5 6.93 82.16* 4.88 2.22 3.53 0.22 0.04
6 5.84 22.94 38.51 3.75 28.13* 0.78 0.04
7 13.96 18.80 6.98 50.98* 7.81 1.44 0.04
8 3.97 52.90* 7.94 22.07 12.25 0.83 0.04
9 4.54 76.23* 4.27 3.27 11.21 0.44 0.04
10 29.74 11.77 36.76 13.96* 4.88 2.83 0.04
11 7.02 7.63 25.12 35.28* 23.42 1.31 0.22
12 39.56* 18.19 16.05 12.95 11.43 1.79 0.04
13 46.31 30.31 12.69* 5.76 3.71 1.22 0.00
14 43.83 17.01 12.95* 9.38 15.18 1.66 0.00
15 37.29* 8.63 7.11 19.45 25.95 1.48 0.09
16 23.24* 9.77 9.81 47.41 7.85 1.92 0.00
17 10.55 31.75 31.09* 15.61 8.68 2.31 0.00
18 7.76 15.00 19.71 42.70* 11.30 3.31 0.22
19 27.30 30.88 20.63* 10.64 5.89 4.40 0.26
20 28.65* 19.19 19.67 12.95 13.87 5.54 0.13
21 9.20 19.32 42.96 10.64* 12.60 5.23 0.04
22 8.72 28.26 21.98* 23.55 10.34 7.11 0.04
23 7.98 21.41* 35.46 16.62 12.21 6.24 0.09
24 26.21 25.03 14.78* 13.69 12.95 7.20 0.13
25 13.30 12.47* 40.12 13.13 12.47 8.37 0.13
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem