2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alabama
Number of schools returning results 25
Average of school highest score 17.00
Average school team score 45.20
# of State Student Participants 972
Overall State Average Score 9.46
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 74 6.15
6th 185 7.29
7th 282 9.07
8th 427 11.24
Number of Female Students 443
Average Score of Female Students 8.63
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 31 6.58
6th 85 6.51
7th 134 8.43
8th 191 10.09
Number of Male Participants 514
Average Score of Male Participants 10.19
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 43 5.84
6th 98 7.97
7th 140 9.69
8th 231 12.23
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 1 0 1
23 6 0 6
22 3 0 3
21 3 1 4
20 3 2 5
19 4 3 7
18 14 3 17
17 12 6 18
16 16 4 20
15 18 10 28
14 28 11 40
13 32 15 47
12 34 23 59
11 44 36 80
10 39 39 80
9 54 55 111
8 41 53 95
7 59 59 124
6 43 45 89
5 23 36 59
4 15 26 41
3 15 9 24
2 4 6 10
1 1 1 2
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 1 0 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
24 0 0 0 1
23 0 0 0 6
22 0 0 0 3
21 0 0 0 4
20 0 0 1 4
19 0 1 0 6
18 0 0 4 13
17 0 0 3 15
16 0 0 4 16
15 0 2 8 18
14 0 2 12 26
13 0 4 11 32
12 1 4 19 34
11 3 9 28 39
10 3 15 24 38
9 7 22 34 48
8 7 19 30 39
7 13 30 38 43
6 8 27 33 20
5 13 22 13 10
4 8 13 11 9
3 5 10 7 2
2 5 3 2 0
1 0 2 0 0
0(@) 1 0 0 0
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 972 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.31 1.75 5.97 90.84* 1.03 0.10 0.00
2 5.35 4.53 80.14* 1.75 6.89 1.34 0.00
3 44.03* 7.20 26.34 11.42 9.88 1.13 0.00
4 5.45 62.65* 12.45 10.80 8.02 0.62 0.00
5 12.76 3.70 7.00 58.13* 16.05 2.37 0.00
6 7.82 25.41 47.33* 7.92 10.49 1.03 0.00
7 39.20 20.58* 9.88 11.21 17.59 1.34 0.21
8 8.85 8.23 12.96 9.67 58.44* 1.85 0.00
9 21.81 11.42 40.02* 9.57 13.58 3.29 0.31
10 21.50* 28.60 24.38 12.55 10.80 2.06 0.10
11 20.58 31.69 19.44* 17.39 7.30 3.50 0.10
12 6.48 7.92 37.76 34.88* 11.63 1.23 0.10
13 10.19 15.12 30.76 23.97* 16.77 3.09 0.10
14 9.16 72.74* 6.07 6.38 4.42 1.23 0.00
15 22.94 11.93 38.27* 13.79 9.67 3.40 0.00
16 20.37 18.93 22.33 10.60 20.78* 6.89 0.10
17 8.74 25.93* 13.79 34.67 13.07 3.60 0.21
18 10.29 12.86 24.69 19.96* 26.03 6.17 0.00
19 10.91 15.84 15.64 45.78* 6.69 5.04 0.10
20 13.27 22.22 32.00* 15.84 10.80 5.66 0.21
21 15.33* 15.64 21.30 22.94 16.05 8.64 0.10
22 17.70 31.07 20.37 15.33* 7.00 8.44 0.10
23 22.22* 14.30 21.40 10.08 22.74 8.95 0.31
24 15.33* 15.64 31.17 14.71 12.45 10.70 0.00
25 14.92 20.37* 24.90 15.02 12.86 11.93 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem