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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t see blatant evidence of cheating looking at the statistics. [/quote]

They said it was the hardest test in the history of the AMC 8, yet the minimum score for the Honor Roll is 18 this year.  Last year it was 17.  That is one statistic, harder test yet higher scores, that would indicate cheating.[/quote]

Maybe, but here's one other statistic:  Last year, around 92,000 kids took the test.  This year, 53,000 took it.  It is likely that most of the kids who are high performers and are capable of making an honor roll found a way to enroll in the test.  Many of the bottom kids who normally would have taken the test didn't this year.  The honor rolls are based on percentile rank, so there are fewer "slots" on each honor roll this year compared to previous years.

As an example, my kids' elementary AAP center has all 100+ kids in 6th grade advanced math take the AMC 8.  Only about 5 kids have any chance of making an honor roll.  This year, they didn't offer it.  Those 5 kids all took the test at other schools, AOPS, Fairfax math circle, or somewhere else.  The other 95+ kids who were going to have lower scores didn't bother taking it this year.  [/quote]

Top 1% this year >21
Top 1% last year >23
That does suggest the test was harder than previous years.[/quote]

Wait.  So if the test was harder and only the brightest took it, shouldn't the top 1% be a higher score since it is fewer kids out of a more selective pool?[/quote]

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