2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Nebraska
Number of schools returning results 75
Average of school highest score 15.16
Average school team score 41.16
# of State Student Participants 4011
Overall State Average Score 8.44
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 18 7.06
6th 368 7.41
7th 1563 7.98
8th 2029 8.99
Number of Female Students 1907
Average Score of Female Students 8.24
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 7 7.57
6th 159 7.14
7th 720 7.79
8th 1011 8.74
Number of Male Participants 2020
Average Score of Male Participants 8.64
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 11 6.73
6th 190 7.78
7th 824 8.14
8th 980 9.24
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 2 0 2
23 3 0 3
22 2 0 2
21 3 1 4
20 3 1 4
19 4 1 6
18 7 3 11
17 14 8 22
16 24 10 35
15 37 17 54
14 50 41 92
13 71 54 130
12 105 97 208
11 155 143 301
10 216 200 422
9 258 224 490
8 300 288 602
7 252 273 541
6 211 252 470
5 156 159 323
4 90 92 185
3 40 35 76
2 13 8 21
1 2 0 3
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 2 0 4
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
24 0 0 1 1
23 0 0 0 3
22 0 0 0 2
21 0 0 1 2
20 0 0 0 4
19 0 0 2 4
18 0 0 3 8
17 0 2 0 20
16 0 1 9 25
15 0 0 17 37
14 0 3 24 65
13 0 7 33 89
12 1 8 65 131
11 0 23 109 166
10 0 31 157 230
9 2 45 181 256
8 5 55 232 309
7 3 53 241 239
6 4 47 207 210
5 1 41 145 134
4 1 34 88 58
3 1 10 38 27
2 0 7 8 6
1 0 1 0 2
0(@) 0 0 2 1
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 4011 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.22 1.10 5.11 92.15* 1.32 0.10 0.00
2 7.30 4.56 79.23* 2.94 5.46 0.50 0.00
3 32.71* 6.41 31.71 15.01 13.44 0.70 0.02
4 5.21 57.89* 16.58 12.07 7.95 0.20 0.10
5 9.92 4.49 4.51 58.26* 22.09 0.72 0.00
6 8.80 31.34 39.29* 7.33 12.94 0.30 0.00
7 49.11 10.97* 8.90 17.50 12.64 0.72 0.15
8 10.17 7.75 15.08 10.30 55.85* 0.70 0.15
9 28.35 17.00 30.94* 11.42 10.57 1.70 0.02
10 13.41* 34.48 24.78 13.76 12.44 1.10 0.02
11 20.09 35.65 13.76* 19.30 8.88 2.19 0.12
12 4.54 6.66 43.46 31.66* 13.06 0.52 0.10
13 9.37 18.80 26.90 24.46* 18.72 1.47 0.27
14 10.10 69.73* 6.53 8.08 4.84 0.67 0.05
15 28.30 11.97 33.18* 13.96 10.17 2.32 0.10
16 18.25 21.59 24.26 14.26 18.60* 2.97 0.07
17 8.98 19.65* 13.96 40.51 14.76 1.99 0.15
18 11.39 15.11 21.99 17.90* 30.32 3.17 0.12
19 12.02 16.70 14.71 46.20* 6.48 3.64 0.25
20 13.14 25.93 25.65* 17.78 12.32 5.01 0.17
21 12.52* 13.76 19.45 25.60 22.89 5.63 0.15
22 24.78 28.82 18.08 14.49* 7.83 5.93 0.07
23 15.16* 18.32 19.17 12.22 28.12 6.68 0.32
24 12.54* 17.33 28.95 19.47 13.61 7.98 0.12
25 18.20 17.65* 20.69 16.85 18.27 8.25 0.07
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem