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           2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Louisiana               

           Number of schools returning results       13
           Average of school highest score        16.00
           Average school team score              44.69

           # of State Student Participants          574
           Overall State Average Score             9.57

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th               1          25.00
                    6th              51           8.16
                    7th             206           8.59
                    8th             308          10.45



           Number of Female Students                285
           Average Score of Female Students        9.14

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   6th               15           8.00
                   7th              109           8.15
                   8th              154          10.04



           Number of Male Participants              282
           Average Score of Male Participants      9.95

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th                1          25.00
                   6th               35           8.34
                   7th               95           8.99
                   8th              150          10.83




                     2006 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            2            0            2
                  24            0            0            0
                  23            1            0            1
                  22            1            0            1
                  21            4            2            6
                  20            0            1            1
                  19            3            2            5
                  18            3            2            6
                  17            5            0            6
                  16            4            2            6
                  15            8           11           19
                  14           12            6           18
                  13           22           14           37
                  12           16           19           35
                  11           26           26           52
                  10           22           39           63
                   9           46           39           85
                   8           24           32           57
                   7           35           29           64
                   6           22           21           43
                   5           12           20           32
                   4           10           11           22
                   3            4            6           10
                   2            0            2            2
                   1            0            0            0
                   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          1            1            0            0
              24          0            0            0            0
              23          0            0            0            1
              22          0            0            0            1
              21          0            0            1            5
              20          0            0            0            1
              19          0            0            1            4
              18          0            0            2            4
              17          0            0            0            6
              16          0            0            1            5
              15          0            1            1           17
              14          0            2            8            8
              13          0            1            9           27
              12          0            0           11           24
              11          0            3           20           29
              10          0            2           20           40
               9          0           11           29           41
               8          0            5           28           24
               7          0           11           18           35
               6          0            4           23           16
               5          0            5           11           13
               4          0            3           13            6
               3          0            1            8            1
               2          0            1            1            0
               1          0            0            0            0
               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     574 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.17      0.87      3.48     94.60*     0.52      0.17      0.17
      2    4.88      4.18     81.88*     1.74      5.57      1.22      0.52
      3   40.24*     6.62     26.66     14.98     11.32      0.17      0.00
      4    3.66     64.11*    15.33      8.89      6.79      0.70      0.52
      5   13.59      5.05      5.57     55.92*    17.25      2.26      0.35
      6    4.53     27.18     47.74*     9.06     10.45      0.70      0.35
      7   43.38     15.16*    12.02     13.59     14.81      1.05      0.00
      8   11.32      5.92      9.76     13.24     58.54*     0.70      0.52
      9   28.92     13.59     35.54*     9.76      9.76      2.09      0.35
     10   19.69*    30.84     24.56     10.63     12.37      1.74      0.17
     11   18.47     33.97     17.77*    19.86      7.14      2.61      0.17
     12    5.57      5.75     37.11     41.11*     9.58      0.70      0.17
     13   11.50     15.85     27.18     23.00*    19.16      3.31      0.00
     14    8.71     76.66*     3.31      5.57      4.01      1.57      0.17
     15   25.78     10.10     42.16*    11.50      6.62      3.83      0.00
     16   17.42     17.60     21.95     14.46     24.56*     4.01      0.00
     17    7.49     26.48*    10.28     35.02     16.72      3.66      0.35
     18   11.85     12.20     22.82     17.60*    28.75      6.45      0.35
     19    9.58     15.33     12.37     52.09*     5.05      5.57      0.00
     20   14.63     21.08     30.84*    14.63     12.20      6.45      0.17
     21   17.60*    18.29     17.77     20.73     17.60      7.84      0.17
     22   24.91     30.66     14.98     14.63*     7.32      7.32      0.17
     23   22.65*    15.51     17.94     11.32     23.69      8.89      0.00
     24   14.46*    18.47     27.70     17.94     11.67      9.58      0.17
     25   18.99     21.60*    17.25     16.55     15.51      9.93      0.17


   (*)  Correct Response

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