2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alaska
Number of schools returning results 6
Average of school highest score 18.83
Average school team score 53.50
# of State Student Participants 475
Overall State Average Score 9.86
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 81 8.12
7th 137 9.68
8th 255 10.54
Number of Female Students 240
Average Score of Female Students 9.69
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 32 7.81
7th 72 9.86
8th 135 10.09
Number of Male Participants 227
Average Score of Male Participants 10.08
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 45 8.33
7th 63 9.56
8th 119 11.03
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 1 0 1
22 2 0 2
21 0 1 1
20 0 2 2
19 6 1 7
18 1 1 2
17 2 2 4
16 3 7 10
15 11 3 14
14 11 14 26
13 21 15 36
12 18 21 39
11 22 19 41
10 22 36 60
9 22 29 51
8 27 27 55
7 20 18 39
6 15 20 38
5 10 12 22
4 10 8 18
3 0 3 3
2 2 0 2
1 0 1 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 1 0 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2008 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 1
22 0 0 1 1
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 0 1 1
19 0 0 1 6
18 0 0 0 2
17 0 0 2 2
16 0 0 1 9
15 0 1 4 9
14 0 2 6 18
13 0 2 11 23
12 0 7 6 26
11 0 6 16 19
10 0 6 17 37
9 0 10 20 21
8 0 14 18 23
7 0 8 10 21
6 0 10 11 16
5 0 6 5 11
4 0 5 6 6
3 0 3 0 0
2 0 1 0 1
1 0 0 1 0
0(@) 0 0 0 1
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
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Schools with 3+ students
Achieving team Scores
SCORE school count
67 1
55 2
54 1
50 1
40 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 475 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 3.58 86.53* 4.42 5.26 0.00 0.21 0.00
2 51.79* 14.32 8.63 16.42 7.79 1.05 0.00
3 71.58* 7.58 1.68 4.84 14.11 0.21 0.00
4 7.16 15.37 61.47* 10.74 4.21 1.05 0.00
5 5.68 9.47 10.95 14.95 56.84* 2.11 0.00
6 32.63 11.79 2.95 48.84* 2.74 1.05 0.00
7 5.26 5.26 5.47 20.42 62.32* 1.26 0.00
8 7.16 3.16 11.79 75.79* 1.47 0.63 0.00
9 6.74 2.32 2.95 15.37* 72.21 0.21 0.21
10 45.89 6.95 11.16 29.89* 5.68 0.42 0.00
11 72.21* 14.32 6.32 2.95 3.37 0.84 0.00
12 14.53 26.74 26.53* 17.89* 13.68* 0.63 0.00
13 5.89 8.84 35.16* 9.68 37.47 2.74 0.21
14 26.53 23.79 17.89* 7.79 23.16 0.63 0.21
15 20.84 31.79* 21.26 13.26 8.84 3.79 0.21
16 17.68 19.16 20.00 33.89* 6.74 2.32 0.21
17 26.32 26.32 18.32 16.84* 7.79 4.42 0.00
18 25.26 18.11 16.63 12.84 21.89* 5.26 0.00
19 38.11 16.21* 9.26 22.11 8.63 5.47 0.21
20 21.47 19.37* 28.42 11.16 11.16 8.42 0.00
21 45.47 17.89 15.79* 9.68 2.95 8.00 0.21
22 25.05* 22.74 16.63 14.53 11.58 9.26 0.21
23 9.68 17.47 20.84* 30.53 11.16 10.32 0.00
24 27.16 18.95 20.21* 11.16 11.16 10.95 0.42
25 20.00* 15.37 15.79 17.47 20.84 10.32 0.21
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem