2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Arkansas
Number of schools returning results 10
Average of school highest score 17.80
Average school team score 48.50
# of State Student Participants 954
Overall State Average Score 8.21
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 7.50
6th 205 6.89
7th 321 8.00
8th 402 9.13
Number of Female Students 461
Average Score of Female Students 7.99
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 7.00
6th 103 7.03
7th 162 7.75
8th 190 8.74
Number of Male Participants 465
Average Score of Male Participants 8.50
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 3 7.67
6th 97 6.70
7th 152 8.30
8th 207 9.51
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 0 2
24 1 0 1
23 1 0 1
22 0 0 0
21 1 1 2
20 1 0 1
19 0 2 2
18 2 2 4
17 0 0 0
16 5 0 5
15 9 4 13
14 7 7 14
13 13 11 25
12 21 17 38
11 42 40 83
10 46 45 91
9 69 45 117
8 58 79 146
7 60 62 128
6 60 60 123
5 26 47 74
4 19 22 43
3 13 7 21
2 5 8 14
1 3 1 4
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 1 1 2
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 2
24 0 0 0 1
23 0 0 0 1
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 2 0
20 0 0 0 1
19 0 0 1 1
18 0 0 2 2
17 0 0 0 0
16 0 0 2 3
15 0 0 8 5
14 0 1 2 10
13 0 0 5 20
12 0 2 6 29
11 0 10 25 48
10 1 16 31 43
9 0 25 38 54
8 0 27 53 57
7 2 31 44 49
6 1 40 41 36
5 0 20 29 24
4 0 17 17 8
3 0 7 9 4
2 0 8 3 2
1 0 1 3 0
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 954 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.63 0.63 4.51 92.87* 1.15 0.21 0.00
2 6.08 4.30 79.77* 3.14 5.56 1.15 0.00
3 33.44* 6.29 34.91 11.84 12.79 0.73 0.00
4 6.08 54.09* 18.66 11.53 8.70 0.84 0.10
5 12.05 4.72 4.30 57.86* 20.23 0.84 0.00
6 7.55 30.40 42.03* 6.39 12.89 0.63 0.10
7 50.84 10.17* 9.12 14.78 14.26 0.84 0.00
8 9.12 8.81 14.05 12.89 53.46* 1.68 0.00
9 28.51 15.72 27.36* 14.99 10.90 2.52 0.00
10 14.15* 37.95 20.55 14.15 11.32 1.78 0.10
11 19.71 35.32 15.41* 16.67 9.33 3.56 0.00
12 4.51 5.97 47.48 27.78* 11.95 2.20 0.10
13 8.49 19.29 25.68 21.38* 22.12 2.94 0.10
14 9.22 70.86* 5.56 8.49 3.35 2.41 0.10
15 26.83 12.16 33.54* 14.47 8.60 4.30 0.10
16 19.18 19.81 25.37 11.64 18.03* 5.97 0.00
17 6.50 19.18* 12.58 40.99 16.25 4.40 0.10
18 10.80 15.30 23.17 14.15* 28.72 7.02 0.84
19 11.95 16.77 13.42 45.81* 4.82 6.92 0.31
20 12.79 27.67 22.64* 18.13 9.43 9.12 0.21
21 13.42* 13.10 21.28 23.38 18.76 9.75 0.31
22 26.21 24.74 19.18 12.58* 7.02 10.06 0.21
23 13.10* 17.51 22.12 13.00 22.22 11.43 0.63
24 11.11* 20.55 25.47 18.66 11.74 12.26 0.21
25 18.03 17.19* 20.96 14.78 16.46 12.58 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem