2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Arkansas
Number of schools returning results 6
Average of school highest score 18.33
Average school team score 48.33
# of State Student Participants 364
Overall State Average Score 10.11
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 6.60
6th 76 10.18
7th 131 10.65
8th 147 9.74
Number of Female Students 172
Average Score of Female Students 9.59
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 3 5.67
6th 31 9.87
7th 61 9.80
8th 74 9.53
Number of Male Participants 187
Average Score of Male Participants 10.57
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 8.00
6th 43 10.40
7th 68 11.34
8th 72 10.00
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 0 0 0
23 0 0 0
22 0 0 0
21 0 0 0
20 1 0 1
19 4 0 4
18 1 1 2
17 5 2 7
16 5 1 6
15 4 1 5
14 14 5 20
13 18 15 33
12 17 17 35
11 21 17 39
10 15 31 47
9 19 23 42
8 24 17 41
7 22 16 39
6 9 16 25
5 2 9 11
4 3 1 4
3 1 0 1
2 1 0 1
1 0 0 0
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 1 0
24 0 0 0 0
23 0 0 0 0
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 0 0
20 0 0 1 0
19 0 0 3 1
18 0 1 0 1
17 0 3 3 1
16 0 3 0 3
15 0 0 4 1
14 0 5 6 9
13 0 8 13 12
12 0 4 17 13
11 0 7 16 15
10 0 12 13 22
9 0 6 20 15
8 2 7 15 17
7 1 11 9 16
6 1 6 6 12
5 0 3 4 4
4 1 0 0 3
3 0 0 0 1
2 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 0
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
64 1
54 1
45 2
44 1
38 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 364 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.37 90.38* 5.22 2.75 0.27 0.00 0.00
2 54.67* 9.89 11.54 17.03 6.32 0.55 0.00
3 75.82* 7.42 3.02 3.57 9.89 0.00 0.27
4 4.95 16.76 59.89* 13.46 4.95 0.00 0.00
5 6.04 10.16 10.44 11.26 61.81* 0.27 0.00
6 28.02 9.07 2.20 58.24* 2.20 0.27 0.00
7 5.49 6.59 7.14 20.60 58.79* 1.10 0.27
8 6.04 2.47 9.07 79.67* 2.47 0.27 0.00
9 3.57 3.85 1.92 12.64* 77.75 0.27 0.00
10 51.37 8.52 9.07 24.73* 5.22 0.82 0.27
11 71.43* 12.91 8.79 2.47 3.57 0.82 0.00
12 15.93 26.10 23.90* 17.58* 15.93* 0.55 0.00
13 3.85 5.22 43.96* 9.62 37.09 0.27 0.00
14 25.55 24.18 21.70* 5.77 22.80 0.00 0.00
15 15.66 30.77* 26.65 17.58 7.14 2.20 0.00
16 17.86 20.60 18.41 34.89* 6.87 1.37 0.00
17 22.25 23.08 22.53 21.70* 9.07 1.37 0.00
18 27.20 14.84 20.33 14.84 21.70* 1.10 0.00
19 38.46 15.93* 8.79 25.00 9.34 2.20 0.27
20 26.10 15.93* 31.04 12.91 9.89 4.12 0.00
21 45.05 18.13 14.84* 15.11 3.57 3.30 0.00
22 23.63* 21.15 25.00 15.93 10.99 3.30 0.00
23 8.79 18.41 23.35* 33.52 11.54 3.85 0.55
24 28.30 22.53 20.33* 14.56 9.34 4.95 0.00
25 16.76* 14.84 21.15 20.60 22.53 4.12 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem