2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Nevada
Number of schools returning results 14
Average of school highest score 16.93
Average school team score 46.64
# of State Student Participants 1584
Overall State Average Score 8.50
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 50 6.64
6th 124 7.98
7th 423 8.04
8th 957 8.82
Number of Female Students 751
Average Score of Female Students 8.32
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 23 6.17
6th 46 7.96
7th 204 7.76
8th 468 8.71
Number of Male Participants 803
Average Score of Male Participants 8.66
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 26 7.04
6th 70 8.19
7th 216 8.31
8th 476 8.91
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 4 1 5
22 2 0 2
21 1 0 1
20 1 1 2
19 3 1 5
18 2 0 2
17 5 3 8
16 13 5 18
15 7 9 16
14 22 13 35
13 39 29 69
12 46 33 82
11 60 61 121
10 76 79 160
9 96 97 199
8 99 109 211
7 100 104 207
6 99 89 191
5 68 61 131
4 35 33 70
3 20 17 38
2 2 6 8
1 1 0 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 2 0 2
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 2
22 0 0 0 2
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 1 0 1
19 0 0 2 2
18 0 1 0 0
17 0 0 1 7
16 0 1 6 11
15 0 1 4 10
14 0 2 9 24
13 0 3 14 51
12 2 7 18 53
11 0 3 28 88
10 2 13 31 111
9 8 12 43 134
8 3 18 58 128
7 10 20 69 105
6 8 22 60 98
5 9 8 37 75
4 5 7 23 32
3 3 5 15 15
2 0 0 4 4
1 0 0 0 1
0(@) 0 0 0 2
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 1584 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.44 0.88 6.38 90.59* 1.58 0.13 0.00
2 7.39 3.47 83.71* 2.46 2.59 0.38 0.00
3 31.00* 7.45 33.33 15.59 11.87 0.76 0.00
4 5.62 59.41* 15.53 12.25 6.88 0.32 0.00
5 8.90 5.18 6.50 56.19* 22.35 0.82 0.06
6 7.39 28.98 42.80* 7.64 12.63 0.51 0.06
7 48.48 11.68* 8.40 14.52 16.16 0.63 0.13
8 11.87 8.46 12.25 14.84 51.64* 0.82 0.13
9 28.85 16.29 31.31* 11.30 10.86 1.33 0.06
10 13.19* 41.35 22.85 11.24 10.61 0.76 0.00
11 21.59 32.64 16.60* 18.75 8.78 1.58 0.06
12 4.86 7.58 40.09 31.76* 14.58 0.95 0.19
13 8.21 20.01 27.46 23.42* 19.13 1.77 0.00
14 10.48 65.91* 6.69 10.23 5.24 1.45 0.00
15 26.39 13.45 32.70* 15.09 9.22 3.09 0.06
16 18.12 21.65 23.61 16.10 16.29* 4.17 0.06
17 8.40 21.15* 13.19 39.27 14.20 3.66 0.13
18 9.85 17.05 21.46 18.88* 28.03 4.61 0.13
19 10.67 17.42 14.02 47.29* 5.11 5.30 0.19
20 12.37 23.93 29.04* 16.98 10.86 6.69 0.13
21 13.45* 14.02 21.28 24.49 19.57 7.01 0.19
22 23.61 28.91 17.99 14.20* 6.82 8.27 0.19
23 16.22* 17.11 18.88 11.87 25.69 9.91 0.32
24 12.18* 18.50 27.53 17.99 12.94 10.80 0.06
25 17.87 18.94* 19.89 18.12 13.83 11.24 0.13
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem