2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in District of Columbia
Number of schools returning results 4
Average of school highest score 19.75
Average school team score 56.75
# of State Student Participants 485
Overall State Average Score 11.04
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 22 7.09
6th 94 10.24
7th 183 10.48
8th 184 12.55
Number of Female Students 211
Average Score of Female Students 10.61
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 6 5.50
6th 21 8.95
7th 90 9.60
8th 93 12.29
Number of Male Participants 266
Average Score of Male Participants 11.45
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 15 7.87
6th 73 10.62
7th 89 11.31
8th 89 12.89
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 0 1 1
22 0 0 0
21 2 1 3
20 4 1 5
19 5 1 6
18 10 3 14
17 8 2 10
16 8 5 13
15 18 12 30
14 19 9 28
13 23 17 41
12 28 23 51
11 28 29 58
10 26 26 52
9 26 27 54
8 25 22 48
7 14 15 30
6 11 4 15
5 7 7 15
4 2 4 6
3 2 2 4
2 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 0 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0 0
21 0 1 0 2
20 0 0 2 3
19 0 2 0 4
18 0 0 6 8
17 0 0 2 8
16 0 2 4 7
15 0 5 4 21
14 0 6 7 15
13 1 8 14 18
12 0 8 25 18
11 1 9 21 27
10 2 8 25 16
9 2 15 22 15
8 3 13 23 9
7 2 6 15 7
6 5 1 6 3
5 2 8 3 2
4 4 1 1 0
3 0 1 3 0
2 0 0 0 0
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
62 1
55 1
46 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 485 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.44 91.96* 5.36 1.03 0.00 0.21 0.00
2 62.06* 14.64 4.54 15.26 2.47 0.82 0.21
3 70.72* 7.42 1.86 3.30 16.29 0.41 0.00
4 4.54 14.23 66.19* 11.55 2.47 1.03 0.00
5 3.92 6.80 6.60 15.26 65.77* 1.65 0.00
6 17.53 10.52 2.47 67.63* 1.44 0.41 0.00
7 3.71 4.54 5.98 14.23 69.90* 1.65 0.00
8 5.15 2.27 8.87 82.06* 1.44 0.21 0.00
9 6.80 4.12 3.71 28.66* 55.67 1.03 0.00
10 44.12 6.39 10.93 33.81* 3.71 1.03 0.00
11 76.49* 12.16 5.57 1.86 2.68 1.03 0.21
12 14.02 27.22 32.37* 14.43* 10.72* 1.24 0.00
13 3.30 10.31 41.44* 16.49 24.33 4.12 0.00
14 25.98 22.47 21.86* 6.60 21.65 1.44 0.00
15 15.88 37.53* 20.21 12.58 9.48 4.12 0.21
16 17.73 17.32 18.56 34.64* 9.69 2.06 0.00
17 20.41 26.39 15.67 25.98* 7.42 3.92 0.21
18 21.24 22.68 14.02 14.43 23.92* 3.09 0.62
19 36.08 24.33* 11.13 15.88 10.72 1.65 0.21
20 23.09 19.59* 32.37 10.10 10.10 4.54 0.21
21 37.32 22.89 17.53* 10.93 5.98 5.36 0.00
22 20.21* 18.14 25.77 18.76 9.90 7.22 0.00
23 12.37 15.46 24.12* 26.39 13.61 8.04 0.00
24 24.74 21.24 19.38* 9.28 16.91 8.45 0.00
25 21.03* 14.43 20.21 18.76 16.91 8.25 0.41
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem