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           2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alabama                 

           Number of schools returning results       26
           Average of school highest score        17.08
           Average school team score              47.12

           # of State Student Participants         1021
           Overall State Average Score             9.99

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              51           7.53
                    6th             151           9.01
                    7th             324           9.73
                    8th             489          10.72



           Number of Female Students                453
           Average Score of Female Students        9.21

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               26           6.69
                   6th               62           8.40
                   7th              149           8.68
                   8th              215          10.14



           Number of Male Participants              542
           Average Score of Male Participants     10.65

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               24           8.46
                   6th               82           9.41
                   7th              167          10.58
                   8th              266          11.25




                     2009 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            1                         1
                  24
                  23                         1            1
                  22
                  21            3            1            4
                  20            3                         3
                  19            5            2            7
                  18           10            1           11
                  17           13            3           17
                  16           14            9           23
                  15           35           11           48
                  14           28           19           48
                  13           38           24           63
                  12           49           37           89
                  11           65           43          111
                  10           68           47          118
                   9           55           47          105
                   8           47           61          111
                   7           48           60          110
                   6           25           38           64
                   5           21           22           46
                   4            7           11           18
                   3            4            7           11
                   2            3            7           10
                   1                         1            1
                   0  (@)                    1            1
                   0  ($)



           (@)  These students attempted some of the problems
           ($)  These students attempted none of the problems
           (*)  Total includes students who failed to mark their gender

                         2009 American Mathematics Contest  8
                             Number of Students by Grade
                              Achieving indicated Score



            SCORE   5th Grade    6th Grade    7th Grade    8th Grade
              25                                    1
              24
              23                                    1
              22
              21                                    1            3
              20                                                 3
              19                                    1            6
              18                                    2            9
              17          2                         8            7
              16          1            1            1           19
              15                                   14           34
              14                       4           15           29
              13                       9           18           36
              12          1           17           27           43
              11          1           13           37           59
              10          4           25           33           56
               9          7           11           41           45
               8          7           29           35           39
               7         11           19           34           46
               6          3            8           26           26
               5          6            8           16           16
               4          4            4            6            4
               3          3            1            2            5
               2          1            2            5            2
               1                                                 1
               0(@)                                              1
               0($)



           (@)  These students attempted some of the problems
           ($)  These students attempted none of the problems

           Note:  Some students failed to indicate a grade





                         2009 American Mathematics Contest  8
                             Number of Schools with 3+ students
                              Achieving team Scores



            SCORE   school count
              62          1
              58          2
              57          1
              56          2
              55          2
              52          3
              51          1
              48          2
              47          1
              45          2
              43          1
              41          1
              40          2
              38          2
              33          1
              29          1
              26          1







                   Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
                      American Mathematics Contest  8
                 Tabulation of responses by    1021 Students
                             Percent of Responses


    ITEM    A         B         C         D         E       OMITS       ?
    ____  _____     _____     _____     _____     _____     _____     _____

      1    0.10      0.10      3.04      1.96     94.81*     0.00      0.00
      2    2.15      2.84      4.11     87.76*     2.84      0.29      0.00
      3   14.99      3.33     78.26*     1.96      1.27      0.20      0.00
      4   11.26     61.41*     4.11     11.07     11.75      0.39      0.00
      5    5.68     14.89     17.04     57.98*     3.13      1.27      0.00
      6   67.29*     7.93      7.15      6.56      9.89      1.18      0.00
      7    2.74     10.48     35.36*    18.22     30.26      2.94      0.00
      8   27.62     21.94*    38.88      4.51      5.39      1.67      0.00
      9   16.16     38.30*    18.22     17.34      7.35      2.55      0.10
     10    3.72     26.05     13.61     48.68*     7.44      0.49      0.00
     11    6.56     16.06     25.07     28.89*    19.20      4.21      0.00
     12   17.73     24.78      4.90     44.37*     7.35*     0.88      0.00
     13    8.42     76.10*     4.51      8.23      2.06      0.49      0.20
     14    5.68      8.23*    77.28      4.41      3.13      1.08      0.20
     15   15.28     15.28     16.94     31.54*    18.12      2.84      0.00
     16   33.99     12.73     21.45     15.18*    13.91      2.64      0.10
     17   13.61     24.39*    26.84     19.39     10.19      5.58      0.00
     18   22.82     11.56     39.18*    14.40      9.60      2.15      0.29
     19   10.48     16.06     23.51     23.70*    21.45      4.60      0.20
     20   19.00     29.68     12.93     20.57*    13.81      4.02      0.00
     21   16.06     38.30     19.59     12.93*     6.17      6.95      0.00
     22   12.73     14.10     20.57     22.53*    24.09      5.88      0.10
     23   12.05     28.31*    19.20     21.45     11.36      7.54      0.10
     24   19.49     21.25     25.37     14.20     11.85*     7.64      0.20
     25   13.52     17.14     21.16     18.22     19.78*     9.99      0.20


   (*)  Correct Response

   (?)  Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
        erasures or two answers marked for the same problem