2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Connecticut
Number of schools returning results 29
Average of school highest score 20.48
Average school team score 56.00
# of State Student Participants 2241
Overall State Average Score 11.24
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 13.60
6th 442 9.73
7th 695 10.90
8th 1063 12.06
Number of Female Students 1038
Average Score of Female Students 10.78
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 12.50
6th 203 9.47
7th 308 10.42
8th 520 11.49
Number of Male Participants 1172
Average Score of Male Participants 11.63
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 3 14.33
6th 237 9.97
7th 380 11.30
8th 538 12.58
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 3 1 4
23 7 1 8
22 7 5 12
21 5 1 7
20 14 5 19
19 20 6 26
18 34 14 48
17 35 21 57
16 46 42 90
15 71 58 132
14 87 61 150
13 106 74 181
12 117 104 224
11 147 127 278
10 122 127 255
9 111 123 237
8 92 93 186
7 62 87 151
6 37 45 84
5 31 27 58
4 14 9 23
3 3 4 7
2 0 3 3
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 0 1
24 0 0 1 3
23 0 0 3 5
22 0 0 2 10
21 0 1 2 4
20 0 1 4 13
19 0 1 3 22
18 0 4 13 31
17 0 6 18 32
16 1 8 28 52
15 1 11 28 86
14 0 22 40 86
13 1 26 53 100
12 2 36 68 113
11 0 52 101 121
10 0 45 92 111
9 0 66 68 101
8 0 57 62 65
7 0 41 48 59
6 0 27 29 27
5 0 26 18 14
4 0 10 8 5
3 0 2 4 1
2 0 0 2 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
72 1
68 1
67 1
66 1
65 1
64 1
63 2
61 1
60 1
59 1
57 1
56 4
55 4
54 1
52 1
50 3
49 1
45 1
43 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 2241 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.38 91.30* 4.73 2.50 0.04 0.00 0.04
2 63.05* 13.70 4.69 12.94 4.46 1.16 0.00
3 75.81* 5.71 1.56 3.21 13.61 0.09 0.00
4 4.19 9.01 73.00* 8.75 3.44 1.61 0.00
5 4.95 10.53 7.10 12.00 63.72* 1.56 0.13
6 20.97 15.71 1.87 60.20* 1.07 0.18 0.00
7 3.75 3.30 5.31 13.97 72.29* 1.38 0.00
8 3.53 1.83 6.43 86.30* 1.70 0.22 0.00
9 4.55 2.68 2.32 26.55* 63.23 0.45 0.22
10 49.67 5.00 9.15 31.46* 3.75 0.98 0.00
11 78.36* 10.71 5.44 2.05 2.81 0.58 0.04
12 11.65 27.93 28.83* 18.74* 11.42* 1.20 0.22
13 4.11 9.33 44.94* 11.78 25.75 4.02 0.09
14 22.89 19.32 26.46* 6.92 23.47 0.80 0.13
15 15.75 35.65* 22.80 13.16 7.14 5.40 0.09
16 16.02 16.87 16.78 40.21* 6.92 3.12 0.09
17 22.18 23.69 15.62 25.66* 6.65 5.98 0.22
18 20.97 17.49 18.92 12.23 24.59* 5.67 0.13
19 38.29 20.39* 10.22 17.27 8.70 4.95 0.18
20 18.61 23.25* 31.86 9.68 8.97 7.54 0.09
21 35.34 19.86 17.63* 15.31 3.08 8.57 0.22
22 20.71* 20.53 18.47 18.61 10.49 10.75 0.45
23 10.44 16.73 21.20* 25.21 13.30 12.72 0.40
24 24.23 19.05 21.42* 12.54 9.91 12.67 0.18
25 20.62* 16.20 16.20 15.75 18.25 12.99 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem