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           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