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           2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in New Jersery             

           Number of schools returning results       67
           Average of school highest score        18.18
           Average school team score              49.01

           # of State Student Participants         5372
           Overall State Average Score             9.61

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              39           9.00
                    6th             651           7.78
                    7th            1864           9.15
                    8th            2792          10.36



           Number of Female Students               2523
           Average Score of Female Students        9.21

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               17           8.65
                   6th              320           7.51
                   7th              872           8.72
                   8th             1303           9.98



           Number of Male Participants             2784
           Average Score of Male Participants      9.96

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               20           9.50
                   6th              329           8.04
                   7th              973           9.54
                   8th             1452          10.69




                     2006 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            3            0            3
                  24            5            0            5
                  23            9            1           10
                  22            9            4           13
                  21           16            3           19
                  20           27            5           32
                  19           23            9           35
                  18           27           21           49
                  17           47           29           79
                  16           61           39          105
                  15           90           55          145
                  14          129           87          218
                  13          152          135          290
                  12          232          181          420
                  11          269          206          480
                  10          313          289          609
                   9          316          332          655
                   8          306          344          653
                   7          255          271          531
                   6          224          220          451
                   5          137          156          295
                   4           76           78          157
                   3           35           31           67
                   2            9           15           25
                   1            4            3            7
                   0  (@)       0            0            0
                   0  ($)      10            9           19



           (@)  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            1            0            2
              24          0            1            0            4
              23          0            1            3            6
              22          1            0            4            8
              21          0            0            1           18
              20          1            0            8           23
              19          0            1            8           25
              18          0            1           13           35
              17          1            1           13           63
              16          0            3           22           80
              15          0            6           29          110
              14          0            7           69          141
              13          0           10           96          184
              12          5           33          139          242
              11          3           36          163          277
              10          3           54          224          325
               9          4           82          235          328
               8          7           93          254          299
               7          3           84          206          235
               6          6           95          161          187
               5          3           76          102          110
               4          0           40           63           52
               3          1           16           24           26
               2          1            7           11            6
               1          0            0            5            2
               0(@)       0            3           11            4
               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    5372 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.34      0.43      3.16     94.69*     0.99      0.37      0.02
      2    5.44      4.19     80.42*     2.22      5.86      1.84      0.04
      3   42.57*     7.11     25.86     12.34     10.05      2.03      0.04
      4    4.04     65.79*    11.75     12.06      5.55      0.76      0.06
      5   10.76      5.23      5.90     58.51*    16.40      3.07      0.13
      6    5.45     21.11     50.80*     8.40     13.07      1.14      0.04
      7   40.95     19.36*     8.88     14.46     14.45      1.82      0.07
      8   10.83      5.16     12.16     10.63     59.62*     1.53      0.07
      9   28.57     15.67     31.55*    10.63      9.53      3.97      0.07
     10   21.50*    31.07     23.18     12.60      9.33      2.23      0.09
     11   18.84     32.69     16.01*    19.02      8.88      4.43      0.13
     12    3.83      6.40     39.71     39.48*     8.75      1.71      0.11
     13    8.62     16.42     29.36     23.12*    17.91      4.41      0.17
     14    5.68     78.89*     4.26      5.64      3.74      1.71      0.07
     15   21.98     10.26     42.20*    11.17      9.31      5.06      0.02
     16   16.33     19.04     21.00     13.37     22.30*     7.89      0.07
     17    8.51     25.80*    11.80     35.44     13.59      4.71      0.15
     18   11.04     13.92     21.52     20.36*    25.54      7.48      0.13
     19   10.31     15.10     12.45     49.59*     5.66      6.76      0.13
     20   11.58     21.52     30.79*    16.27     11.11      8.49      0.24
     21   16.59*    15.04     19.49     21.54     16.05     11.15      0.15
     22   19.34     28.98     17.85     15.73*     7.02     10.91      0.17
     23   19.99*    15.90     17.81     12.66     21.05     12.27      0.32
     24   14.46*    16.55     24.81     17.31     12.64     14.07      0.15
     25   15.25     20.96*    18.63     15.04     15.58     14.52      0.02


   (*)  Correct Response

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