2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Georgia
Number of schools returning results 48
Average of school highest score 19.48
Average school team score 53.13
# of State Student Participants 2598
Overall State Average Score 11.68
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 7 12.14
6th 336 10.09
7th 815 11.50
8th 1395 12.18
Number of Female Students 1179
Average Score of Female Students 11.16
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 144 9.78
7th 354 10.90
8th 671 11.61
Number of Male Participants 1359
Average Score of Male Participants 12.20
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 6 12.00
6th 185 10.35
7th 447 12.05
8th 694 12.79
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 3 2 5
24 3 0 3
23 7 2 9
22 15 4 19
21 17 6 23
20 23 14 37
19 41 19 60
18 40 19 60
17 53 22 75
16 85 32 121
15 104 83 188
14 103 82 190
13 103 113 222
12 129 131 266
11 133 124 265
10 118 127 249
9 114 113 231
8 102 98 208
7 73 79 155
6 42 56 100
5 28 33 65
4 17 10 30
3 4 4 8
2 1 4 5
1 1 1 2
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 1 2
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 2 3
24 0 0 0 3
23 0 0 1 8
22 1 0 3 15
21 0 3 7 13
20 0 2 8 27
19 0 1 7 52
18 0 0 18 41
17 0 3 25 45
16 1 8 41 67
15 0 18 60 110
14 0 20 62 105
13 1 21 73 124
12 1 27 91 142
11 0 37 85 132
10 1 34 83 128
9 0 46 66 113
8 0 39 67 97
7 1 34 50 70
6 0 24 27 49
5 1 12 22 29
4 0 5 11 14
3 0 2 3 3
2 0 0 3 2
1 0 0 0 2
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
73 1
69 3
68 1
67 1
65 2
64 2
63 1
62 3
61 1
60 3
59 1
56 3
55 1
54 5
53 2
50 1
48 2
47 2
46 1
44 1
43 1
42 1
41 3
40 1
39 2
33 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 2598 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.66 91.96* 4.39 1.77 0.12 0.08 0.04
2 61.35* 14.28 5.43 14.43 3.50 1.00 0.00
3 77.79* 5.89 1.69 1.85 12.59 0.15 0.04
4 5.27 13.47 65.63* 10.51 3.27 1.81 0.04
5 4.35 7.66 6.12 13.36 67.09* 1.39 0.04
6 22.83 12.24 1.23 62.47* 0.89 0.35 0.00
7 4.16 4.58 5.50 13.09 71.52* 1.04 0.12
8 3.50 1.81 6.16 86.84* 1.62 0.08 0.00
9 4.27 2.19 2.96 29.68* 60.28 0.42 0.19
10 45.80 4.23 7.81 37.88* 3.54 0.73 0.00
11 77.60* 11.16 6.08 1.77 2.69 0.69 0.00
12 10.78 23.02 33.83* 18.28* 13.24* 0.85 0.00
13 4.23 8.24 50.31* 10.24 23.94 2.93 0.12
14 25.90 21.63 25.17* 6.24 20.28 0.65 0.12
15 15.01 37.49* 22.67 13.32 7.74 3.73 0.04
16 18.48 17.47 15.67 39.95* 6.70 1.62 0.12
17 19.32 22.71 17.59 28.68* 7.97 3.58 0.15
18 20.36 15.47 18.32 13.82 28.98* 2.89 0.15
19 37.18 24.21* 9.16 18.67 7.66 2.89 0.23
20 19.09 24.44* 30.25 11.16 10.62 4.43 0.00
21 36.10 19.71 21.71* 13.66 3.93 4.81 0.08
22 23.06* 19.86 19.28 21.21 10.62 5.74 0.23
23 11.39 20.44 22.17* 26.83 11.93 7.04 0.19
24 25.94 20.82 24.79* 11.35 10.16 6.77 0.15
25 22.02* 17.32 18.59 15.13 20.36 6.58 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem