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           2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Texas                   

           Number of schools returning results       70
           Average of school highest score        18.47
           Average school team score              49.59

           # of State Student Participants         4353
           Overall State Average Score             9.60

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              67           7.67
                    6th             559           8.15
                    7th            1604           9.19
                    8th            2039          10.36



           Number of Female Students               2140
           Average Score of Female Students        8.88

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               21           7.33
                   6th              260           7.64
                   7th              796           8.38
                   8th             1031           9.60



           Number of Male Participants             2124
           Average Score of Male Participants     10.31

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               45           7.76
                   6th              292           8.67
                   7th              785          10.01
                   8th              966          11.15




                     2006 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            8            0            8
                  24            7            2            9
                  23            9            5           14
                  22           20            3           24
                  21           15            5           21
                  20           23            8           32
                  19           36           12           48
                  18           34           13           47
                  17           46           16           64
                  16           68           30           99
                  15           77           45          123
                  14           97           70          171
                  13          131           92          233
                  12          159          120          289
                  11          193          196          402
                  10          192          217          415
                   9          205          243          456
                   8          225          249          481
                   7          203          259          472
                   6          150          242          398
                   5           90          155          245
                   4           67           81          150
                   3           23           30           54
                   2           11           18           31
                   1            4            3            9
                   0  (@)       0            0            0
                   0  ($)      31           26           58



           (@)  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            1            2            5
              24          0            1            2            6
              23          0            0            4            9
              22          0            1            5           18
              21          0            2            6           13
              20          1            1            8           20
              19          0            3           12           30
              18          1            1            8           35
              17          0            3           17           42
              16          0            4           31           64
              15          0            8           44           71
              14          2           12           59           96
              13          2           18           74          132
              12          3           27          111          147
              11          5           34          136          218
              10          0           51          171          187
               9          8           57          166          214
               8          8           61          202          198
               7         11           78          181          186
               6          8           83          136          164
               5          7           57           97           83
               4          4           31           62           52
               3          5           10           22           17
               2          2            8           11           10
               1          0            2            3            3
               0(@)       0            5           34           19
               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    4353 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.23      0.64      3.33     93.45*     0.99      1.36      0.00
      2    4.46      4.46     77.35*     2.60      8.29      2.83      0.02
      3   43.37*     6.80     25.34     12.52      9.01      2.94      0.02
      4    3.88     65.20*    13.30     10.68      5.15      1.79      0.00
      5   10.22      4.76      4.92     61.41*    15.05      3.63      0.02
      6    4.57     20.38     54.84*     7.01     11.03      2.18      0.00
      7   36.25     21.39*    10.80     13.53     14.86      3.08      0.09
      8   11.12      5.95      9.49     10.64     59.57*     3.19      0.05
      9   25.68     13.85     34.37*     9.63     10.50      5.93      0.05
     10   24.44*    32.07     22.65      8.80      8.39      3.58      0.07
     11   18.06     33.06     17.67*    16.98      7.88      6.27      0.09
     12    4.87      6.16     38.92     35.45*    10.75      3.79      0.07
     13    7.65     16.31     28.83     23.82*    15.71      7.54      0.14
     14    6.82     75.26*     5.01      5.03      3.12      4.69      0.07
     15   17.99     11.35     42.68*    11.95      7.40      8.55      0.09
     16   14.33     18.98     20.84     12.08     21.55*    12.15      0.07
     17    8.04     27.96*    10.77     32.02     11.78      9.33      0.09
     18    9.46     12.75     21.30     22.38*    21.66     12.38      0.07
     19    8.64     14.29     12.86     46.36*     5.15     12.59      0.11
     20   11.81     20.10     27.71*    16.13      9.67     14.43      0.16
     21   17.41*    13.94     16.43     20.35     14.86     16.86      0.14
     22   16.66     27.68     16.45     15.53*     6.34     17.32      0.02
     23   18.65*    13.55     17.53     11.69     19.94     18.40      0.23
     24   13.67*    14.66     23.25     16.91     10.52     20.88      0.11
     25   13.76     18.49*    19.41     13.62     12.80     21.87      0.05


   (*)  Correct Response

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