2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alabama
Number of schools returning results 28
Average of school highest score 17.18
Average school team score 47.43
# of State Student Participants 841
Overall State Average Score 11.07
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 56 6.91
6th 123 9.14
7th 260 10.91
8th 393 12.39
Number of Female Students 400
Average Score of Female Students 10.44
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 23 6.22
6th 70 8.63
7th 112 10.60
8th 192 11.54
Number of Male Participants 427
Average Score of Male Participants 11.64
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 30 7.27
6th 53 9.81
7th 140 11.02
8th 198 13.27
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 0 0 0
23 3 1 4
22 1 0 1
21 10 3 13
20 16 4 20
19 10 4 14
18 18 5 24
17 15 7 22
16 19 19 38
15 20 11 31
14 20 22 45
13 30 31 62
12 33 34 70
11 44 42 88
10 35 41 77
9 31 53 84
8 35 36 72
7 34 39 74
6 21 19 40
5 15 11 26
4 10 8 19
3 4 9 13
2 1 0 1
1 1 1 2
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
24 0 0 0 0
23 0 1 1 2
22 0 0 0 1
21 0 0 2 11
20 0 2 3 15
19 0 0 4 10
18 0 2 5 17
17 0 0 6 15
16 0 1 14 23
15 0 1 14 16
14 1 3 11 29
13 0 7 17 38
12 1 9 24 34
11 2 12 35 39
10 5 12 25 34
9 4 16 31 33
8 12 12 14 33
7 8 19 26 19
6 5 11 13 11
5 6 6 6 7
4 7 5 4 3
3 4 4 4 1
2 0 0 1 0
1 1 0 0 1
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
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Schools with 3+ students
Achieving team Scores
SCORE school count
69 1
64 1
63 3
62 2
59 1
56 2
55 1
47 2
45 1
44 1
43 1
42 1
41 2
40 1
39 1
37 1
36 1
34 2
30 1
28 2
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 841 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 2.26 89.18* 5.95 2.50 0.00 0.12 0.00
2 58.26* 13.20 9.39 13.67 3.57 1.90 0.00
3 74.55* 7.25 2.50 2.38 12.84 0.36 0.12
4 7.25 16.29 57.19* 10.82 6.18 2.26 0.00
5 6.06 8.32 9.04 14.27 60.40* 1.66 0.24
6 29.01 14.03 2.97 52.20* 1.43 0.36 0.00
7 4.40 6.42 6.54 16.29 65.16* 0.95 0.24
8 6.18 2.62 6.30 81.45* 2.97 0.48 0.00
9 5.95 2.62 3.92 30.20* 56.24 0.95 0.12
10 38.76 6.90 10.58 36.86* 5.59 1.31 0.00
11 72.77* 14.27 6.54 2.50 3.09 0.71 0.12
12 12.13 19.86 31.51* 17.48* 17.12* 1.66 0.24
13 4.88 10.70 42.69* 9.87 28.89 2.97 0.00
14 23.90 18.67 24.14* 7.61 24.73 0.95 0.00
15 15.10 37.93* 22.47 13.67 6.78 4.04 0.00
16 18.07 16.17 19.38 36.27* 7.13 2.62 0.36
17 16.53 24.26 19.38 28.42* 7.49 3.92 0.00
18 20.69 15.46 19.38 13.08 27.47* 3.92 0.00
19 32.10 23.90* 13.20 17.60 9.39 3.69 0.12
20 17.72 26.04* 30.68 10.82 8.92 5.59 0.24
21 34.36 17.95 25.56* 12.60 3.45 5.95 0.12
22 20.45* 21.76 23.42 16.88 10.46 6.54 0.48
23 10.58 19.02 28.18* 21.76 11.30 8.56 0.59
24 26.40 20.93 21.52* 12.25 10.82 8.09 0.00
25 20.10* 16.41 19.74 15.81 19.62 8.32 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem