2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Rhode Island
Number of schools returning results 12
Average of school highest score 14.83
Average school team score 41.33
# of State Student Participants 542
Overall State Average Score 8.01
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 7.00
6th 58 6.07
7th 82 6.26
8th 393 8.65
Number of Female Students 295
Average Score of Female Students 7.87
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 37 6.16
7th 47 5.91
8th 208 8.60
Number of Male Participants 236
Average Score of Male Participants 8.14
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 21 5.90
7th 35 6.71
8th 177 8.71
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 1 0 1
22 0 0 0
21 1 0 1
20 0 0 0
19 1 0 1
18 1 0 1
17 0 1 1
16 3 3 7
15 4 5 9
14 6 6 12
13 10 10 21
12 11 12 24
11 15 14 29
10 24 31 56
9 20 36 56
8 21 36 58
7 32 37 73
6 32 34 67
5 19 32 51
4 21 21 43
3 10 11 21
2 3 3 6
1 1 2 3
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 1 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0 0
24 0 0 0 0
23 0 0 0 1
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 0 0 0
19 0 0 0 1
18 0 0 0 1
17 0 0 0 1
16 0 0 0 7
15 0 0 0 8
14 0 0 0 12
13 0 0 0 20
12 0 2 1 21
11 0 0 1 28
10 0 2 6 47
9 0 4 10 42
8 0 4 9 45
7 1 14 6 50
6 0 10 12 43
5 0 5 17 29
4 0 10 13 20
3 0 4 4 12
2 0 2 2 2
1 0 1 1 1
0(@) 0 0 0 1
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 542 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.37 2.95 6.46 88.38* 1.66 0.18 0.00
2 6.64 4.61 74.35* 4.24 9.41 0.74 0.00
3 32.10* 7.20 33.03 14.76 11.07 1.66 0.18
4 7.56 52.77* 16.97 12.36 9.96 0.37 0.00
5 9.59 4.24 5.17 60.15* 19.56 1.29 0.00
6 10.15 30.63 38.19* 8.12 11.81 0.92 0.18
7 49.08 13.10* 10.70 13.65 11.44 1.85 0.18
8 9.59 8.49 14.21 12.36 54.24* 1.11 0.00
9 30.63 19.37 24.17* 11.07 11.07 3.69 0.00
10 15.31* 40.59 17.53 14.94 9.41 2.21 0.00
11 22.88 32.29 12.92* 18.27 9.59 3.51 0.55
12 6.09 6.09 46.49 28.41* 11.44 1.48 0.00
13 9.78 19.19 27.68 18.45* 20.48 4.24 0.18
14 9.04 67.71* 7.93 9.59 3.69 1.85 0.18
15 27.31 12.36 32.10* 14.39 8.67 4.80 0.37
16 16.24 19.93 20.66 18.27 18.82* 6.09 0.00
17 9.04 20.48* 12.18 36.53 17.16 4.61 0.00
18 9.23 14.02 20.30 18.45* 30.44 7.56 0.00
19 13.84 17.90 13.28 42.07* 4.80 7.75 0.37
20 11.99 25.46 27.49* 13.65 11.99 9.23 0.18
21 12.18* 13.65 20.30 24.72 18.27 10.70 0.18
22 21.96 26.75 19.37 11.99* 6.27 13.10 0.55
23 10.70* 16.79 20.85 11.62 25.46 13.84 0.74
24 8.67* 16.79 26.20 17.71 13.65 16.79 0.18
25 16.24 17.34* 20.11 16.61 11.81 17.90 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem