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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS 11 got 17, made the honor roll, My friend’s son, 4th grader got 19, it’s his first AMC 8, he made DHR, another friend’s daughter also made Honor Roll at 6th grade, they are all from the same math club, very competitive one in Chantilly, Alpha STEM math club.

That’s not surprising if these kids have been attending a math club and practicing. Hope the kids are there because they love math and not the parents. A friend’s kid walked into the test cold in 3rd grade and got a similar score.

Disagree. A regular kid can't practice his or her way to a score that high. To get on these lists, kids seem to either need to be quite talented in math + practice a lot, or they need to be exceptionally talented in math.

Agree! To get that high for 4th & 5th graders, a super strong coach & exceptional talented kids are must! I happened to have a friend’s daughter in Tiger Team of Alpha STEM Math Club, the coach is great, a lady, former college teacher, graduated from Johns Hopkins, most kids in that team loves math & science, typically profoundly gifted kids, half of them are DYS.

[quote=Anonymous]I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO ACESS MY SCORE! Someone please help. Someone said that they uploaded it on a website, can you send URL please? [/quote]

If you scored 15 or higher, you should be listed on one of the the Honor Rolls.
https://amc-reg.maa.org/reports/generalreports.aspx

If your score was lower than 15, you'll have to ask your school or whatever place administered the test for your results.

I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO ACESS MY SCORE! Someone please help. Someone said that they uploaded it on a website, can you send URL please?

I’ve honestly never known anyone who made AMC honor roll, placed in Mathcounts, or anything like that who wasn’t also a math whiz. If it’s so easy to train, I’m surprised that more FCPS kids didn’t make the honor roll, considering how motivated this area is.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS 11 got 17, made the honor roll, My friend’s son, 4th grader got 19, it’s his first AMC 8, he made DHR, another friend’s daughter also made Honor Roll at 6th grade, they are all from the same math club, very competitive one in Chantilly, Alpha STEM math club.

That’s not surprising if these kids have been attending a math club and practicing. Hope the kids are there because they love math and not the parents. A friend’s kid walked into the test cold in 3rd grade and got a similar score.

Disagree. A regular kid can't practice his or her way to a score that high. To get on these lists, kids seem to either need to be quite talented in math + practice a lot, or they need to be exceptionally talented in math.

I’m a np. The amc 8 is for sure study-able. I think a lot people don’t want others to know this. There are types of questions that require certain tricks that appear on every exam. These are tricks that are easily practiced. A 17 is not a high score. It’s a great score but not one that proves exceptional talent beyond being good at the AMC exam. My 10yo isn’t interested in these exams but answered the last question correctly so I was pretty chuffed. From what I’ve heard this year was difficult but for middle schoolers familiar with the tricks a 20 was an easy score.

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Anonymous wrote:DS 11 got 17, made the honor roll, My friend’s son, 4th grader got 19, it’s his first AMC 8, he made DHR, another friend’s daughter also made Honor Roll at 6th grade, they are all from the same math club, very competitive one in Chantilly, Alpha STEM math club.

That’s not surprising if these kids have been attending a math club and practicing. Hope the kids are there because they love math and not the parents. A friend’s kid walked into the test cold in 3rd grade and got a similar score.

Disagree. A regular kid can't practice his or her way to a score that high. To get on these lists, kids seem to either need to be quite talented in math + practice a lot, or they need to be exceptionally talented in math.

Wow! Only like 2 kids in the entire state in grades 4th and under landed on the achievement roll, yet everyone here seems to know someone who did.

Haycock, Cooper, and Longfellow all had a really strong performance. I wonder if the Cooper and Longfellow 6th graders who were listed on the Honor roll are taking Algebra at the middle schools, or whether they just took AMC8 there.

Anonymous wrote:DS 11 got 17, made the honor roll, My friend’s son, 4th grader got 19, it’s his first AMC 8, he made DHR, another friend’s daughter also made Honor Roll at 6th grade, they are all from the same math club, very competitive one in Chantilly, Alpha STEM math club.

That’s not surprising if these kids have been attending a math club and practicing. Hope the kids are there because they love math and not the parents. A friend’s kid walked into the test cold in 3rd grade and got a similar score.

I looked at their national chart, and the median grade 6 score for AMC8 is a 7. Is that about what you'd expect from an AAP 6th grader, or should they score higher than that?

Anonymous wrote:DS 11 got 17, made the honor roll, My friend’s son, 4th grader got 19, it’s his first AMC 8, he made DHR, another friend’s daughter also made Honor Roll at 6th grade, they are all from the same math club, very competitive one in Chantilly, Alpha STEM math club.

Wow! My 3rd grader only scored 11. Is your friend's son already taking Algebra or Geometry or something like that?

Score 19 for 4th grade is amazing, what math the kid is learning at school? In which way they trained in Alpha STEM math club? Any detailed info?

DS 11 got 17, made the honor roll, My friend’s son, 4th grader got 19, it’s his first AMC 8, he made DHR, another friend’s daughter also made Honor Roll at 6th grade, they are all from the same math club, very competitive one in Chantilly, Alpha STEM math club.

There is no special scale for 5th graders. Idea your child got a 7, it is 7 out of 25.

How are fifth graders graded on this test,becuase my results were different instead of get somthing out of 25,I got 7,based off however they score it for 5th graders,out of some known gradinbg denominator which not (neccesarily at all) 25,so my percantage cou;d have also been 7/8,7/9,etc. SO could anyone tell mehow the fifth graders are scored,and the grading denominator,like what out of what (/9,/10,...)they score(which number instead of 25)!?It is so confusing

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers have received scores from the area coordinator. Speak with the teacher who was in charge of the exam at your school. As far as I know, there is nowhere to check them online.

I do know that the cutoff this year for honor roll was a 15. It is usually a 16-18, so this test seems to have been harder than usual.

How do you know that a 15 is honor roll? And what is the “honor roll”? My 6th grader got 15– I heard there was something for 6th grade and younger who scored well, but our school hasn’t actually told us anything.

Just to clarify, the Honor Roll is a public listing of participants by last name and first initial who scored in the top 5 percent of test-takers. And yes, the cutoff was 15 for this year's test which featured several AMC 10 level questions and was generally just very challenging.
The Achievement Roll lists participants in sixth grade or younger who scored 15 or higher.
None of the statistics for the 2018 AMC 8 have been published via the Mathematical Association of America website yet, but school coordinators know students' individual scores and the cutoff.