2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Wisconsin
Number of schools returning results 37
Average of school highest score 15.70
Average school team score 42.84
# of State Student Participants 1477
Overall State Average Score 9.43
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 7 16.14
6th 155 9.28
7th 469 9.29
8th 837 9.48
Number of Female Students 703
Average Score of Female Students 8.87
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 13.00
6th 52 8.48
7th 222 8.71
8th 426 9.00
Number of Male Participants 751
Average Score of Male Participants 9.93
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 6 16.67
6th 99 9.66
7th 241 9.81
8th 401 9.98
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25
24
23
22 1 1
21 2 2
20 3 1 4
19 3 3 6
18 5 3 8
17 12 7 19
16 23 6 29
15 28 14 43
14 39 24 64
13 54 36 92
12 62 53 116
11 74 54 132
10 79 77 159
9 86 95 184
8 86 77 166
7 77 84 164
6 57 59 117
5 30 65 96
4 20 24 44
3 8 11 19
2 1 5 6
1 2 2
0 (@) 1 1
0 ($) 3 3
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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
24
23
22 1
21 1 1
20 1 3
19 1 2 3
18 1 2 5
17 5 14
16 1 4 10 14
15 5 16 22
14 7 14 43
13 1 12 26 52
12 1 9 40 65
11 1 16 37 77
10 18 50 89
9 19 56 109
8 14 65 86
7 17 57 88
6 14 35 68
5 10 27 59
4 5 15 23
3 2 6 11
2 1 3 2
1 2
0(@) 1 3
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
63 1
58 1
57 2
56 1
49 4
48 3
47 1
46 2
45 1
44 2
43 1
42 3
41 2
40 2
39 3
36 1
35 2
33 1
32 1
31 1
17 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 1477 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.27 0.07 4.27 2.71 92.48* 0.20 0.00
2 2.91 4.20 4.27 84.56* 3.66 0.41 0.00
3 15.37 2.91 78.54* 1.62 1.29 0.27 0.00
4 10.56 62.97* 2.30 12.19 11.24 0.61 0.14
5 7.24 19.43 16.52 50.98* 4.54 1.22 0.07
6 61.00* 11.10 8.26 7.04 11.44 1.08 0.07
7 3.72 11.71 31.01* 21.80 30.13 1.49 0.14
8 32.57 17.87* 40.22 2.78 5.96 0.61 0.00
9 16.11 34.33* 19.70 19.77 8.40 1.56 0.14
10 3.99 28.37 13.81 43.81* 9.41 0.61 0.00
11 6.97 16.93 23.70 29.65* 19.77 2.98 0.00
12 19.16 27.15 4.87 39.00* 9.14* 0.68 0.00
13 7.24 73.80* 5.55 10.02 2.51 0.81 0.07
14 5.28 6.97* 79.35 3.66 3.25 1.35 0.14
15 15.98 13.61 14.22 32.16* 21.46 2.51 0.07
16 36.90 17.60 17.87 11.37* 13.47 2.78 0.00
17 17.74 20.99* 20.85 22.27 13.54 4.60 0.00
18 27.69 12.19 35.14* 11.98 10.36 2.64 0.00
19 12.12 17.20 21.80 16.79* 27.29 4.60 0.20
20 18.08 33.65 11.24 19.63* 12.80 4.60 0.00
21 16.99 38.52 16.79 13.07* 8.46 6.03 0.14
22 11.98 15.17 18.62 21.60* 26.34 5.96 0.34
23 11.58 29.25* 16.18 23.36 11.98 7.45 0.20
24 21.33 19.36 22.41 17.87 10.77* 8.26 0.00
25 15.50 17.33 17.74 15.64 24.78* 8.87 0.14
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem