2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Connecticut
Number of schools returning results 35
Average of school highest score 18.94
Average school team score 50.91
# of State Student Participants 2751
Overall State Average Score 10.33
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 6 10.33
6th 318 9.43
7th 926 9.71
8th 1475 10.95
Number of Female Students 1272
Average Score of Female Students 9.92
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 11.00
6th 137 9.01
7th 424 9.38
8th 700 10.47
Number of Male Participants 1445
Average Score of Male Participants 10.67
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 10.20
6th 181 9.75
7th 495 9.99
8th 751 11.36
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 2 2 4
23 3 1 4
22 7 2 9
21 6 4 10
20 6 3 10
19 15 9 25
18 25 7 32
17 28 12 40
16 44 24 68
15 75 34 110
14 98 56 157
13 106 96 205
12 130 116 252
11 143 157 305
10 162 155 322
9 168 157 330
8 148 145 295
7 125 110 235
6 70 88 159
5 41 50 92
4 28 22 50
3 10 12 22
2 0 7 7
1 1 1 2
0 (@) 1 0 1
0 ($) 2 2 4
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students by Grade
Achieving indicated Score
SCORE 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
25 0 0 1 0
24 0 0 0 4
23 0 0 0 4
22 0 0 2 7
21 0 0 1 9
20 0 0 4 6
19 0 0 6 19
18 0 0 7 25
17 0 7 5 27
16 0 7 16 45
15 0 12 21 77
14 1 13 48 93
13 0 21 55 129
12 1 19 75 154
11 1 25 110 166
10 0 40 114 167
9 2 39 116 171
8 0 42 120 127
7 1 38 81 112
6 0 22 65 72
5 0 16 40 34
4 0 14 21 15
3 0 3 12 7
2 0 0 4 2
1 0 0 1 0
0(@) 0 0 1 3
0($) 0 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
Note: Some students failed to indicate a grade
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2006
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 2751 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.33 0.69 2.65 94.84* 1.31 0.15 0.04
2 3.20 2.44 89.02* 1.31 3.24 0.76 0.04
3 49.29* 6.47 20.17 11.41 11.01 1.60 0.04
4 3.27 74.59* 8.43 9.45 4.00 0.22 0.04
5 8.25 4.29 5.78 62.85* 16.72 2.00 0.11
6 4.40 17.78 59.91* 8.29 9.09 0.51 0.04
7 36.79 20.94* 11.38 13.78 15.99 1.09 0.04
8 8.87 4.87 9.01 10.91 64.99* 1.16 0.18
9 26.97 17.19 31.12* 11.27 10.03 3.38 0.04
10 26.86* 27.70 26.46 9.38 7.78 1.78 0.04
11 19.23 31.73 17.38* 17.96 9.71 3.85 0.15
12 4.11 5.53 36.90 45.62* 6.91 0.91 0.04
13 7.92 16.18 29.66 26.57* 16.61 2.98 0.07
14 5.31 81.75* 4.36 4.33 2.80 1.38 0.07
15 17.63 10.11 42.53* 13.45 11.34 4.65 0.29
16 17.45 18.76 19.88 14.14 21.99* 7.67 0.11
17 7.34 26.57* 12.65 35.95 12.94 4.47 0.07
18 9.81 12.21 22.36 22.43* 26.10 6.80 0.29
19 8.87 13.96 11.70 51.94* 6.51 6.80 0.22
20 12.36 18.97 31.77* 16.72 11.70 8.22 0.25
21 17.45* 16.98 18.68 20.39 15.92 10.51 0.07
22 18.94 27.08 16.87 18.58* 7.49 10.76 0.29
23 19.45* 16.07 18.68 11.92 21.23 12.29 0.36
24 13.81* 15.99 23.81 17.52 14.65 14.03 0.18
25 16.54 20.94* 18.68 14.10 15.01 14.61 0.11
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem