2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Tennesee
Number of schools returning results 23
Average of school highest score 17.00
Average school team score 47.96
# of State Student Participants 1784
Overall State Average Score 9.61
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 28 4.86
6th 350 8.16
7th 557 9.31
8th 829 10.59
Number of Female Students 632
Average Score of Female Students 9.03
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 9 4.33
6th 132 7.66
7th 173 8.82
8th 311 9.89
Number of Male Participants 1109
Average Score of Male Participants 9.95
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 19 5.11
6th 209 8.47
7th 378 9.56
8th 493 11.07
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 0 0 0
23 2 1 3
22 2 1 3
21 9 0 9
20 2 0 2
19 5 4 9
18 12 0 12
17 25 7 33
16 21 6 28
15 25 18 43
14 57 9 68
13 82 28 110
12 85 37 125
11 121 63 189
10 121 84 211
9 135 81 222
8 120 102 226
7 113 67 186
6 84 53 141
5 40 34 79
4 30 28 58
3 10 7 17
2 2 1 3
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 5 1 6
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
23 0 0 0 3
22 0 0 0 3
21 0 0 1 8
20 0 0 1 1
19 0 0 1 8
18 0 0 5 7
17 0 0 8 25
16 0 0 8 20
15 0 4 8 30
14 0 6 19 42
13 0 13 30 66
12 0 15 41 67
11 0 22 59 105
10 0 34 74 102
9 1 49 69 100
8 0 63 71 91
7 2 52 62 67
6 5 45 47 43
5 8 24 24 21
4 8 16 19 14
3 3 5 4 5
2 1 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 1 5 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 1784 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.39 0.34 2.86 95.07* 0.95 0.34 0.06
2 4.32 3.92 82.85* 2.02 5.77 1.12 0.00
3 44.17* 6.45 22.25 13.57 11.94 1.63 0.00
4 3.14 67.10* 12.89 12.05 4.32 0.45 0.06
5 9.81 4.60 6.95 58.69* 17.94 1.96 0.06
6 5.72 23.71 48.43* 8.07 13.45 0.56 0.06
7 41.54 16.03* 11.10 15.25 14.85 1.07 0.17
8 7.96 5.77 12.00 10.37 62.39* 1.35 0.17
9 26.96 15.70 34.87* 10.43 8.52 3.48 0.06
10 18.50* 38.34 20.91 11.55 8.91 1.74 0.06
11 21.58 31.39 16.31* 18.72 8.46 3.48 0.06
12 3.36 5.83 43.22 37.72* 8.80 1.07 0.00
13 9.59 18.67 28.48 23.43* 16.42 3.36 0.06
14 6.56 80.77* 3.64 4.37 3.36 1.18 0.11
15 20.52 9.47 43.83* 12.44 9.42 4.20 0.11
16 16.59 18.55 22.31 12.95 22.87* 6.61 0.11
17 7.46 25.22* 11.21 37.44 14.80 3.76 0.11
18 9.87 14.41 21.86 20.24* 28.03 5.61 0.00
19 10.20 13.57 13.28 52.52* 5.10 5.33 0.00
20 11.04 21.02 31.11* 18.44 11.32 6.78 0.28
21 15.36* 15.86 21.19 21.92 16.14 9.25 0.28
22 20.12 30.66 18.27 14.97* 6.67 9.25 0.06
23 17.66* 14.46 19.96 13.06 24.72 9.75 0.39
24 12.39* 17.43 30.04 16.59 11.21 12.28 0.06
25 15.36 18.22* 22.14 15.19 15.30 13.68 0.11
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem