2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Kansas
Number of schools returning results 47
Average of school highest score 17.62
Average school team score 48.15
# of State Student Participants 1852
Overall State Average Score 10.33
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 110 7.63
6th 215 9.33
7th 632 10.73
8th 888 10.62
Number of Female Students 866
Average Score of Female Students 9.89
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 39 7.87
6th 107 8.66
7th 307 10.29
8th 410 10.09
Number of Male Participants 963
Average Score of Male Participants 10.72
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 71 7.49
6th 103 10.09
7th 317 11.16
8th 470 11.04
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 1 2
24 4 0 4
23 6 0 6
22 1 2 3
21 5 0 5
20 9 0 10
19 9 0 9
18 15 10 27
17 24 12 37
16 40 14 54
15 42 30 72
14 60 52 112
13 66 69 138
12 85 78 164
11 98 86 187
10 98 102 205
9 105 93 200
8 97 99 197
7 82 89 171
6 52 61 114
5 32 40 73
4 15 14 31
3 10 8 18
2 3 5 8
1 1 0 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 3 1 4
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
24 0 0 3 1
23 0 0 1 5
22 0 0 0 3
21 0 0 3 2
20 0 2 1 7
19 0 0 2 7
18 0 1 10 16
17 1 1 13 22
16 0 6 18 29
15 0 5 30 37
14 2 5 47 57
13 1 13 51 72
12 6 20 69 69
11 4 17 73 92
10 13 25 71 94
9 10 27 69 93
8 16 31 55 95
7 17 22 40 92
6 17 19 34 44
5 11 8 24 30
4 7 7 8 9
3 3 4 5 6
2 2 2 1 3
1 0 0 0 1
0(@) 0 0 2 2
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
71 1
67 1
65 2
64 1
63 1
61 1
59 1
57 2
56 2
55 2
54 2
51 2
50 2
49 2
48 1
47 2
46 1
44 5
43 2
41 1
39 1
38 3
37 4
36 1
35 2
34 1
28 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 1852 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.94 89.31* 5.56 2.97 0.00 0.22 0.00
2 56.32* 13.34 7.72 17.39 3.94 1.24 0.05
3 76.84* 6.53 2.70 2.86 10.85 0.22 0.00
4 5.78 15.28 61.56* 12.26 4.21 0.92 0.00
5 5.51 10.31 7.88 14.36 60.91* 1.03 0.00
6 33.10 11.50 2.97 50.49* 1.51 0.43 0.00
7 5.56 5.08 8.32 18.68 60.91* 1.35 0.11
8 6.26 3.46 8.69 78.67* 2.48 0.38 0.05
9 5.62 2.27 2.59 19.55* 69.17 0.76 0.05
10 46.65 7.34 9.02 30.13* 5.67 1.13 0.05
11 73.33* 11.56 8.05 2.05 4.05 0.97 0.00
12 12.15 26.08 28.46* 19.17* 12.96* 1.08 0.11
13 5.29 9.56 41.09* 9.77 32.13 2.11 0.05
14 26.03 22.46 22.08* 5.94 22.57 0.76 0.16
15 18.09 29.81* 22.73 17.66 7.40 4.21 0.11
16 16.85 19.55 15.98 34.99* 9.61 3.02 0.00
17 23.70 25.22 19.33 20.90* 6.05 4.75 0.05
18 21.33 18.52 19.92 14.79 20.68* 4.59 0.16
19 36.18 20.36* 10.58 20.41 7.83 4.54 0.11
20 17.82 20.90* 32.13 12.20 10.80 5.99 0.16
21 40.01 19.44 17.87* 12.15 3.46 6.91 0.16
22 20.73* 23.54 20.57 16.74 10.48 7.67 0.27
23 10.04 19.06 22.73* 27.21 11.45 9.18 0.32
24 23.92 19.44 22.89* 12.42 11.88 9.18 0.27
25 19.82* 17.66 17.87 15.87 19.55 9.07 0.16
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem