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           2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in New York                

           Number of schools returning results      119
           Average of school highest score        17.76
           Average school team score              48.56

           # of State Student Participants         9310
           Overall State Average Score             9.67

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              46           7.24
                    6th             969           8.14
                    7th            3127           9.37
                    8th            4992          10.19



           Number of Female Students               4350
           Average Score of Female Students        9.14

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               22           5.91
                   6th              415           7.31
                   7th             1436           8.88
                   8th             2409           9.63



           Number of Male Participants             4736
           Average Score of Male Participants     10.17

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               23           8.52
                   6th              537           8.75
                   7th             1632           9.82
                   8th             2472          10.75




                     2009 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            2                         2
                  24            4            1            5
                  23            9            6           15
                  22            5            5           10
                  21           13            5           19
                  20           19            7           27
                  19           38           18           56
                  18           53           18           74
                  17           78           36          119
                  16          103           49          156
                  15          178          100          285
                  14          222          130          358
                  13          331          198          543
                  12          441          307          761
                  11          554          427         1002
                  10          571          532         1131
                   9          573          567         1167
                   8          514          591         1132
                   7          379          528          933
                   6          323          341          682
                   5          169          243          430
                   4           90          134          227
                   3           36           70          107
                   2           14           19           33
                   1            6            4           11
                   0  (@)       1                         1
                   0  ($)      10           14           24



           (@)  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                                                 2
              24                                                 5
              23                       1            2           12
              22                                    1            9
              21          1            2            2           14
              20                       3            5           17
              19                       1           14           37
              18                       4           17           53
              17                       9           30           75
              16                      10           45           99
              15          1           13           78          192
              14          1           22          105          225
              13          1           39          162          333
              12                      50          246          455
              11          3           66          331          586
              10          2           79          380          646
               9          4           99          411          637
               8          6          122          417          564
               7          7          114          334          457
               6          5          106          265          290
               5          6          108          152          151
               4          1           67           76           75
               3          6           33           35           31
               2          1           12            9           11
               1                       5            3            3
               0(@)       1            4            7           13
               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
              72          1
              71          1
              68          1
              64          1
              63          3
              62          5
              61          1
              60          2
              58          2
              57          5
              56          1
              55          5
              54          5
              53          3
              52          6
              51          9
              50          7
              49          6
              48          6
              47          5
              46          3
              45          4
              44         10
              43          5
              42          3
              40          3
              39          3
              38          2
              37          1
              36          1
              35          1
              34          2
              33          1
              32          1
              21          1







                   Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
                      American Mathematics Contest  8
                 Tabulation of responses by    9310 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.20      0.33      2.78      2.46     93.90*     0.30      0.02
      2    2.84      2.84      3.27     87.63*     2.99      0.42      0.03
      3   12.87      2.56     81.04*     1.60      1.60      0.30      0.03
      4    9.59     64.98*     2.42     11.49     10.59      0.83      0.10
      5    7.02     15.21     17.02     54.36*     4.59      1.77      0.02
      6   62.46*    10.11      9.45      6.28     10.02      1.61      0.06
      7    2.81     10.35     30.83*    22.40     31.07      2.34      0.19
      8   30.11     19.26*    40.40      3.69      5.27      1.21      0.05
      9   15.92     32.94*    20.54     19.76      8.02      2.75      0.06
     10    3.46     25.67     13.96     49.21*     6.66      0.98      0.06
     11    6.39     15.68     24.78     30.30*    18.54      4.22      0.09
     12   19.52     26.26      4.54     41.66*     6.67*     1.22      0.12
     13    6.94     75.51*     5.36      8.57      2.33      1.20      0.09
     14    5.48      7.98*    76.04      5.15      3.25      2.01      0.10
     15   15.60     13.95     17.79     28.97*    20.12      3.47      0.11
     16   32.31     16.26     20.57     13.22*    13.90      3.56      0.18
     17   17.43     21.58*    24.47     19.85     10.83      5.68      0.16
     18   24.56     12.16     35.30*    14.05      9.92      3.85      0.16
     19   12.17     16.63     21.84     20.15*    23.49      5.40      0.32
     20   18.46     32.07     14.22     17.49*    12.49      5.16      0.11
     21   16.06     37.43     17.02     14.39*     7.62      7.22      0.26
     22   12.00     14.44     20.39     22.47*    24.17      6.23      0.31
     23   14.62     27.02*    19.13     20.81     10.91      7.24      0.27
     24   17.41     19.85     23.76     17.05     13.81*     7.87      0.25
     25   14.12     18.14     19.57     18.00     20.63*     9.45      0.08


   (*)  Correct Response

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