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           2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in South Carolina          

           Number of schools returning results       30
           Average of school highest score        17.10
           Average school team score              46.60

           # of State Student Participants         2904
           Overall State Average Score             8.91

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              17           6.12
                    6th             439           7.38
                    7th             822           8.62
                    8th            1556           9.54



           Number of Female Students               1465
           Average Score of Female Students        8.62

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th                7           6.71
                   6th              213           7.17
                   7th              413           8.33
                   8th              805           9.17



           Number of Male Participants             1375
           Average Score of Male Participants      9.25

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th                9           5.56
                   6th              219           7.59
                   7th              398           8.93
                   8th              727           9.97




                     2006 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            0            0            0
                  24            2            0            2
                  23            1            0            1
                  22            3            1            4
                  21            2            0            2
                  20            7            1            8
                  19            4            1            6
                  18            9            4           13
                  17           14            7           22
                  16           16           12           28
                  15           39           23           63
                  14           43           31           77
                  13           63           57          122
                  12           98           94          193
                  11          114          143          260
                  10          168          157          329
                   9          184          171          363
                   8          166          196          372
                   7          174          218          408
                   6          120          144          270
                   5           76          115          196
                   4           43           55           99
                   3           25           29           56
                   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            2
              23          0            0            0            1
              22          0            0            1            3
              21          0            0            0            2
              20          0            0            2            5
              19          0            0            2            4
              18          0            2            2            9
              17          0            0            4           17
              16          0            0            8           20
              15          0            1           17           43
              14          0            4           15           56
              13          0            6           32           82
              12          1           15           46          128
              11          0           20           67          166
              10          0           30           99          194
               9          0           52          105          198
               8          1           66          109          187
               7          5           81          106          203
               6          4           63           80          117
               5          4           43           70           75
               4          1           33           36           25
               3          0           21           19           14
               2          0            2            1            3
               1          1            0            0            2
               0(@)       0            0            1            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    2904 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.31      0.38      3.34     95.18*     0.72      0.07      0.00
      2    4.51      3.89     80.72*     2.27      7.75      0.86      0.00
      3   37.05*     7.54     28.79     14.39     10.57      1.65      0.00
      4    3.96     61.36*    16.01     11.57      6.71      0.34      0.03
      5    9.71      5.37      5.20     60.06*    17.70      1.86      0.10
      6    4.96     25.00     48.38*     8.20     13.09      0.38      0.00
      7   47.04     13.84*     9.47     13.22     15.25      1.10      0.07
      8   11.71      5.96     12.60     12.43     55.65*     1.58      0.07
      9   29.61     16.60     30.03*    10.64      9.68      3.41      0.03
     10   17.94*    38.26     22.45     11.19      8.75      1.24      0.17
     11   22.21     30.13     15.43*    19.94      8.57      3.68      0.03
     12    6.03      6.65     40.77     30.58*    14.63      1.24      0.10
     13    7.99     18.66     27.89     22.93*    18.70      3.62      0.21
     14    7.09     77.24*     5.20      5.17      3.51      1.69      0.10
     15   23.66     11.33     38.60*    12.81      8.09      5.27      0.24
     16   17.08     18.63     22.00     14.46     19.73*     8.06      0.03
     17    7.37     24.00*    12.22     35.23     13.98      7.09      0.10
     18   10.30     12.95     19.59     18.63*    28.03     10.26      0.24
     19    9.99     14.39     11.67     49.41*     4.82      9.68      0.03
     20   13.74     21.66     26.48*    15.77     10.67     11.54      0.14
     21   13.36*    12.78     17.91     23.00     16.49     16.15      0.31
     22   22.28     25.31     14.91     13.09*     6.75     17.60      0.07
     23   15.46*    15.46     14.46     11.43     23.69     19.25      0.24
     24   10.26*    15.87     25.62     16.46     10.54     21.04      0.21
     25   14.43     15.91*    18.97     14.05     13.88     22.76      0.00


   (*)  Correct Response

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