2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Maine
Number of schools returning results 14
Average of school highest score 17.71
Average school team score 48.71
# of State Student Participants 414
Overall State Average Score 11.75
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 8.20
6th 27 9.93
7th 129 11.32
8th 241 12.26
Number of Female Students 193
Average Score of Female Students 11.35
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 17 10.41
7th 63 10.86
8th 109 11.80
Number of Male Participants 209
Average Score of Male Participants 12.20
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 8.20
6th 9 9.11
7th 63 11.89
8th 126 12.75
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 0 0
22 1 0 1
21 3 0 3
20 3 2 5
19 6 1 7
18 10 5 15
17 5 7 12
16 13 5 19
15 14 12 26
14 18 13 31
13 21 23 45
12 20 24 45
11 22 29 53
10 20 21 42
9 16 12 32
8 17 11 29
7 11 14 26
6 4 5 9
5 3 5 8
4 1 4 5
3 0 0 0
2 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 1 0 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
22 0 0 1 0
21 0 0 1 2
20 0 0 1 4
19 0 0 2 5
18 0 1 5 9
17 0 0 3 9
16 0 0 6 12
15 0 1 4 21
14 0 0 9 22
13 0 0 13 29
12 0 4 15 21
11 0 5 17 30
10 1 6 12 23
9 0 3 7 22
8 3 2 11 13
7 1 2 10 11
6 0 0 6 3
5 0 3 3 2
4 0 0 2 3
3 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 0 1 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
60 1
59 2
58 1
54 1
52 2
50 1
49 1
47 1
46 1
41 1
31 1
24 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 414 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.21 94.44* 2.90 0.97 0.00 0.48 0.00
2 61.84* 14.73 5.07 14.01 3.14 1.21 0.00
3 75.85* 5.80 1.93 3.14 13.04 0.24 0.00
4 5.56 12.08 72.71* 7.49 1.45 0.72 0.00
5 3.62 5.07 6.04 11.84 71.50* 1.93 0.00
6 18.36 10.87 2.66 66.67* 1.21 0.24 0.00
7 3.62 2.66 4.83 10.63 76.33* 1.45 0.48
8 2.90 1.45 9.18 84.30* 1.69 0.24 0.24
9 6.28 3.62 4.59 31.64* 53.62 0.24 0.00
10 42.03 3.86 9.42 39.86* 3.38 1.45 0.00
11 76.57* 11.84 6.28 2.66 1.93 0.72 0.00
12 12.32 25.85 33.33* 16.91* 10.63* 0.97 0.00
13 5.80 10.39 50.00* 13.77 17.63 2.17 0.24
14 25.36 18.36 22.95* 4.83 27.54 0.72 0.24
15 17.87 30.92* 22.95 16.91 6.76 3.86 0.72
16 12.56 17.87 17.39 44.20* 6.28 1.69 0.00
17 22.95 28.50 12.80 28.74* 5.56 1.45 0.00
18 15.94 19.57 21.26 12.08 29.71* 1.21 0.24
19 34.54 25.36* 12.80 17.39 8.21 1.45 0.24
20 21.50 23.19* 31.16 9.90 10.63 3.14 0.48
21 35.27 22.71 19.81* 14.73 3.14 4.35 0.00
22 24.40* 24.88 17.63 17.15 8.94 6.76 0.24
23 12.08 21.01 21.74* 27.78 9.90 7.25 0.24
24 26.57 20.05 23.67* 10.14 13.04 6.52 0.00
25 17.63* 18.84 16.91 20.53 17.87 7.97 0.24
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem