2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alaska
Number of schools returning results 4
Average of school highest score 17.75
Average school team score 47.00
# of State Student Participants 280
Overall State Average Score 8.89
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 18 5.22
7th 122 9.07
8th 136 9.22
Number of Female Students 135
Average Score of Female Students 8.84
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 6 4.67
7th 60 9.40
8th 65 8.71
Number of Male Participants 137
Average Score of Male Participants 8.91
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 11 5.82
7th 62 8.74
8th 64 9.59
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25
24
23
22 1 1
21 1 1
20
19
18 1 1
17 3 2 5
16 3 4
15 2 2
14 2 6 9
13 6 8 15
12 8 9 17
11 18 10 28
10 13 12 25
9 16 18 36
8 15 20 35
7 15 17 33
6 17 13 31
5 7 6 13
4 8 6 14
3 2 3 5
2 2 2 5
1
0 (@)
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
24
23
22 1
21 1
20
19
18 1
17 1 4
16 2 2
15 1 1
14 4 5
13 9 5
12 9 8
11 16 12
10 8 16
9 20 15
8 1 15 19
7 4 11 18
6 3 14 14
5 4 3 6
4 4 4 5
3 3 2
2 2 2 1
1
0(@)
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
57 1
50 1
49 1
32 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 280 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.00 0.00 4.29 3.21 92.50* 0.00 0.00
2 5.36 4.29 3.21 81.79* 5.36 0.00 0.00
3 15.71 3.93 76.07* 1.07 3.21 0.00 0.00
4 10.36 60.00* 4.29 12.14 13.21 0.00 0.00
5 11.43 16.07 18.21 49.29* 3.93 1.07 0.00
6 61.07* 9.64 11.79 4.29 11.79 1.43 0.00
7 3.21 7.86 30.71* 25.36 31.79 1.07 0.00
8 37.14 12.14* 43.57 2.14 4.64 0.36 0.00
9 19.64 36.79* 16.79 15.36 9.64 1.79 0.00
10 4.29 26.79 16.07 42.50* 8.57 1.79 0.00
11 6.79 14.64 32.14 24.64* 18.93 2.86 0.00
12 19.64 32.14 3.93 32.86* 9.29* 1.79 0.36
13 6.07 76.07* 3.57 8.57 3.93 1.79 0.00
14 5.71 5.71* 77.14 4.64 3.21 3.57 0.00
15 19.29 12.14 15.71 23.57* 23.93 5.36 0.00
16 39.64 14.64 12.50 12.14* 15.36 5.71 0.00
17 17.50 19.64* 23.57 19.29 11.79 8.21 0.00
18 28.57 10.36 35.36* 6.43 11.79 7.50 0.00
19 10.00 15.00 20.36 18.57* 26.43 9.64 0.00
20 16.07 30.36 11.43 22.14* 9.29 10.71 0.00
21 18.21 36.43 15.36 6.79* 8.21 15.00 0.00
22 11.79 14.29 15.00 18.93* 27.86 12.14 0.00
23 12.50 21.07* 14.29 25.36 10.71 15.36 0.71
24 18.93 21.79 20.00 13.57 10.00* 15.71 0.00
25 15.00 17.14 16.43 15.00 18.93* 17.50 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem