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