2007 AMC8 Report for all schools in Mississippi
Number of schools returning results 8
Average of school highest score 14.63
Average school team score 38.38
# of State Student Participants 393
Overall State Average Score 7.97
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 6.00
6th 67 5.55
7th 154 7.96
8th 166 9.02
Number of Female Students 175
Average Score of Female Students 7.90
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 30 5.30
7th 68 7.43
8th 77 9.34
Number of Male Participants 204
Average Score of Male Participants 8.12
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 6.00
6th 32 5.66
7th 85 8.41
8th 85 8.76
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 0 3 3
20 1 0 1
19 0 1 1
18 1 0 1
17 3 1 4
16 1 1 2
15 3 1 4
14 8 4 12
13 4 5 9
12 14 3 17
11 11 11 24
10 16 17 33
9 18 17 36
8 26 28 57
7 29 23 52
6 26 17 48
5 14 16 31
4 15 13 29
3 8 10 18
2 4 1 5
1 2 1 3
0 (@) 0 1 1
0 ($) 0 1 2
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 3
20 0 0 0 1
19 0 0 0 1
18 0 0 1 0
17 0 0 2 2
16 0 0 0 2
15 0 0 1 3
14 0 0 5 7
13 0 0 3 6
12 0 1 6 10
11 0 0 9 15
10 0 2 16 15
9 0 2 17 15
8 0 10 26 20
7 0 6 21 25
6 1 13 17 17
5 0 11 9 10
4 0 9 9 11
3 0 8 8 2
2 0 3 1 1
1 0 1 2 0
0(@) 0 1 1 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 393 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 7.12 8.65 3.05 77.35* 3.05 0.76 0.00
2 24.17 4.58 5.85 6.11 58.78* 0.51 0.00
3 6.87 12.47 61.32* 12.47 5.34 1.02 0.51
4 19.08 7.12 3.56 29.52* 39.95 0.51 0.25
5 11.70 74.55* 4.33 3.82 4.83 0.76 0.00
6 6.36 14.50 52.67 4.83 21.12* 0.51 0.00
7 15.01 21.12 8.14 46.06* 8.65 1.02 0.00
8 5.60 28.75* 13.49 31.30 20.36 0.51 0.00
9 3.82 70.99* 5.85 3.05 15.52 0.76 0.00
10 26.72 13.23 38.93 12.47* 6.36 2.29 0.00
11 8.65 9.16 27.23 25.19* 28.75 1.02 0.00
12 27.74* 22.90 16.54 15.27 15.78 1.78 0.00
13 36.13 36.13 13.49* 8.40 4.58 1.27 0.00
14 30.03 20.36 15.01* 8.65 24.17 1.78 0.00
15 28.24* 7.63 7.63 22.65 32.57 1.27 0.00
16 19.34* 9.41 16.54 41.73 10.69 2.29 0.00
17 12.98 36.64 24.17* 16.03 8.65 1.53 0.00
18 6.36 17.30 19.59 43.26* 11.20 2.29 0.00
19 33.33 29.77 14.25* 12.21 7.38 2.80 0.25
20 29.77* 14.50 19.85 16.28 16.28 3.31 0.00
21 7.89 20.61 47.84 7.63* 13.23 2.54 0.25
22 10.43 25.95 22.39* 24.17 13.99 2.80 0.25
23 11.20 20.10* 30.79 20.61 14.50 2.80 0.00
24 29.01 25.19 14.50* 9.41 18.58 3.31 0.00
25 12.72 11.20* 50.89 10.43 11.96 2.80 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem