2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Mississippi
Number of schools returning results 10
Average of school highest score 15.30
Average school team score 41.40
# of State Student Participants 408
Overall State Average Score 8.84
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 33 7.45
7th 138 8.02
8th 233 9.48
Number of Female Students 185
Average Score of Female Students 8.35
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 19 6.84
7th 65 8.23
8th 101 8.71
Number of Male Participants 213
Average Score of Male Participants 9.16
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 13 8.38
7th 73 7.84
8th 126 10.01
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 0 0 0
22 0 0 0
21 1 1 3
20 0 0 0
19 3 0 3
18 1 0 1
17 3 0 3
16 0 3 4
15 4 2 6
14 5 6 11
13 13 5 18
12 9 7 17
11 24 14 39
10 27 21 50
9 37 17 55
8 19 29 49
7 26 31 59
6 11 24 35
5 16 11 27
4 10 9 19
3 2 2 4
2 2 3 5
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 0 3
20 0 0 0 0
19 0 0 0 3
18 0 0 0 1
17 0 0 0 3
16 0 0 1 2
15 0 0 1 5
14 0 1 5 5
13 0 0 0 18
12 0 0 5 12
11 0 3 12 23
10 0 2 13 35
9 0 4 20 29
8 0 4 21 24
7 0 6 22 31
6 0 8 14 13
5 0 1 11 15
4 0 4 8 7
3 0 0 1 3
2 0 0 4 1
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 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 408 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.74 0.98 2.70 92.89* 2.70 0.00 0.00
2 3.92 4.17 80.64* 2.94 7.11 1.23 0.00
3 33.82* 5.15 29.90 12.01 17.89 1.23 0.00
4 4.66 58.33* 16.18 12.99 7.84 0.00 0.00
5 9.07 3.68 6.62 58.82* 21.08 0.74 0.00
6 12.99 30.39 33.33* 6.86 15.93 0.49 0.00
7 47.55 13.97* 6.86 16.67 13.73 0.98 0.25
8 10.78 6.86 12.75 10.54 58.33* 0.74 0.00
9 24.02 15.69 41.18* 9.07 8.58 1.47 0.00
10 13.48* 36.27 24.26 11.27 12.50 2.21 0.00
11 23.77 35.29 13.97* 16.18 9.31 1.23 0.25
12 7.11 8.09 39.22 33.09* 12.25 0.25 0.00
13 12.75 19.12 26.72 23.04* 17.65 0.74 0.00
14 6.86 78.43* 4.17 4.66 5.39 0.49 0.00
15 31.86 7.11 35.05* 15.69 8.09 2.21 0.00
16 16.42 19.61 24.02 17.65 18.63* 3.43 0.25
17 10.29 24.51* 12.99 37.01 12.75 2.45 0.00
18 13.24 16.42 20.59 20.83* 25.98 2.70 0.25
19 14.46 16.91 14.71 44.12* 7.84 1.96 0.00
20 15.69 22.06 27.94* 18.14 12.25 3.68 0.25
21 15.93* 13.24 20.59 23.53 21.08 5.39 0.25
22 23.53 29.41 22.79 11.27* 6.13 6.86 0.00
23 15.69* 17.40 21.08 12.50 26.23 6.37 0.74
24 15.93* 16.91 33.82 14.22 12.01 7.11 0.00
25 19.61 20.83* 18.87 17.16 16.18 7.35 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem