2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Indiana
Number of schools returning results 60
Average of school highest score 18.68
Average school team score 51.77
# of State Student Participants 3520
Overall State Average Score 11.05
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 39 10.15
6th 315 10.20
7th 1065 10.86
8th 2001 11.29
Number of Female Students 1667
Average Score of Female Students 10.57
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 15 10.27
6th 137 9.45
7th 507 10.50
8th 980 10.74
Number of Male Participants 1777
Average Score of Male Participants 11.50
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 24 10.08
6th 172 10.83
7th 548 11.17
8th 992 11.83
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 0 2
24 5 1 6
23 11 4 15
22 14 3 17
21 15 7 23
20 26 8 35
19 33 11 46
18 48 30 78
17 78 28 106
16 66 57 124
15 104 84 191
14 103 94 204
13 151 112 267
12 161 159 333
11 176 185 373
10 179 194 380
9 172 210 394
8 147 173 324
7 114 117 236
6 73 101 176
5 54 55 111
4 27 20 47
3 12 5 17
2 2 2 4
1 1 0 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 3 7 10
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
24 0 0 3 3
23 1 1 3 10
22 0 1 4 12
21 0 2 7 14
20 1 3 5 26
19 0 5 14 24
18 1 6 24 46
17 3 4 27 67
16 1 5 31 83
15 0 20 51 119
14 0 17 57 120
13 1 15 82 162
12 3 25 102 186
11 2 18 129 211
10 4 38 119 209
9 6 38 118 219
8 7 34 99 177
7 3 31 69 130
6 2 26 59 85
5 1 16 38 54
4 1 7 11 28
3 1 3 6 7
2 1 0 1 2
1 0 0 1 0
0(@) 0 0 4 6
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
71 2
70 2
66 2
64 1
63 2
61 1
60 2
59 1
57 1
56 3
55 2
54 1
53 2
52 3
51 4
50 4
49 2
48 5
47 3
46 1
45 2
44 2
43 2
42 1
40 2
39 3
37 2
33 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 3520 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.73 92.27* 3.69 1.93 0.03 0.31 0.03
2 56.25* 13.92 6.48 16.79 5.43 1.11 0.03
3 77.64* 6.68 1.93 2.33 10.91 0.37 0.14
4 5.37 14.12 64.89* 11.51 3.18 0.94 0.00
5 5.26 10.00 7.44 12.78 63.18* 1.28 0.06
6 26.90 14.03 1.62 55.94* 1.16 0.34 0.00
7 5.17 4.52 6.25 17.39 65.65* 0.99 0.03
8 4.20 1.88 6.68 84.77* 2.07 0.37 0.03
9 4.49 2.16 2.47 24.97* 65.28 0.48 0.14
10 46.08 6.62 8.58 34.32* 3.58 0.77 0.06
11 76.39* 11.90 5.68 1.88 3.47 0.65 0.03
12 10.51 24.49 31.76* 18.95* 13.35* 0.88 0.06
13 4.55 8.81 45.65* 10.11 28.75 2.13 0.00
14 25.20 19.46 24.38* 6.48 23.61 0.80 0.09
15 17.33 36.31* 21.45 14.63 7.16 3.07 0.06
16 18.47 19.20 15.99 35.60* 8.58 2.05 0.11
17 20.03 24.66 16.68 27.50* 7.87 3.18 0.09
18 20.97 18.81 18.78 12.95 25.43* 2.98 0.09
19 37.78 21.05* 9.52 20.31 8.10 3.13 0.11
20 17.61 23.07* 31.68 12.36 10.68 4.43 0.17
21 38.81 19.26 20.14* 12.90 3.78 4.91 0.20
22 21.99* 23.18 19.49 18.38 10.71 6.08 0.17
23 11.70 19.26 21.28* 27.87 12.64 6.90 0.34
24 25.68 20.48 22.30* 12.64 11.79 6.96 0.14
25 20.09* 16.36 19.52 15.68 21.34 6.90 0.11
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem