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           2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in California              

           Number of schools returning results      171
           Average of school highest score        18.57
           Average school team score              50.22

           # of State Student Participants        13065
           Overall State Average Score            10.76

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th             306           9.36
                    6th            1756           9.40
                    7th            4246          10.47
                    8th            6544          11.40



           Number of Female Students               5987
           Average Score of Female Students       10.22

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th              121           8.48
                   6th              782           8.95
                   7th             1913           9.83
                   8th             3131          10.83



           Number of Male Participants             6767
           Average Score of Male Participants     11.26

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th              184           9.92
                   6th              938           9.76
                   7th             2275          11.01
                   8th             3297          11.95




                     2006 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25           23            4           27
                  24           36            6           42
                  23           45            6           52
                  22           60           14           78
                  21           70           32          104
                  20           94           43          138
                  19          117           59          177
                  18          166           89          262
                  17          218           93          317
                  16          267          167          445
                  15          345          220          577
                  14          357          313          683
                  13          497          408          928
                  12          595          506         1127
                  11          620          628         1282
                  10          709          631         1368
                   9          657          709         1397
                   8          649          637         1324
                   7          475          537         1042
                   6          322          411          752
                   5          227          241          481
                   4          122          142          269
                   3           57           57          116
                   2           19           19           38
                   1            4            4            8
                   0  (@)       1            3            4
                   0  ($)      15            8           27



           (@)  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            1            9           17
              24          1            1           13           27
              23          3            6           12           31
              22          2            5           16           52
              21          0            4           23           74
              20          2           16           32           87
              19          3           14           57          100
              18          3           14           89          153
              17          2           20           91          201
              16          1           25          136          277
              15         11           37          159          362
              14         11           47          212          409
              13         20           83          270          545
              12         18          112          364          619
              11         20          171          427          646
              10         31          204          432          673
               9         48          227          469          624
               8         26          235          463          575
               7         31          188          368          441
               6         24          161          259          285
               5         24          108          175          168
               4         11           42          114           96
               3         10           22           43           39
               2          2            8            7           21
               1          1            2            0            5
               0(@)       1            3            6           17
               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   13065 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.24      0.90      3.43     94.08*     1.14      0.20      0.02
      2    4.00      2.40     90.00*     1.16      1.71      0.70      0.03
      3   50.20*     7.27     20.23     11.35      9.28      1.61      0.05
      4    4.06     67.62*    11.66     10.62      5.43      0.56      0.05
      5    8.97      4.26      5.73     64.06*    14.44      2.50      0.05
      6    3.95     17.23     60.60*     7.68      9.93      0.60      0.02
      7   33.01     26.62*    10.47     12.00     16.75      1.05      0.09
      8   11.27      4.85     11.40      9.77     61.35*     1.18      0.18
      9   24.12     13.28     42.34*     8.63      8.66      2.95      0.02
     10   28.50*    28.92     24.39      8.98      7.61      1.57      0.05
     11   19.07     32.90     18.81*    17.14      8.33      3.64      0.11
     12    4.49      5.69     30.55     50.05*     7.93      1.22      0.06
     13    7.49     16.17     30.91     26.34*    15.51      3.51      0.08
     14    5.60     80.99*     4.36      4.49      3.15      1.36      0.06
     15   17.21     10.00     46.18*    12.76      9.50      4.25      0.10
     16   15.54     19.20     21.31     12.74     24.23*     6.87      0.12
     17    7.62     30.03*    11.44     34.33     12.35      4.13      0.11
     18    9.73     12.24     22.17     25.45*    24.26      6.02      0.15
     19    8.20     12.94     12.15     55.50*     5.40      5.62      0.19
     20   10.88     20.62     34.21*    15.94     11.03      7.19      0.13
     21   19.91*    15.84     20.00     20.00     15.03      9.04      0.18
     22   18.68     29.60     17.81     17.86*     6.71      9.18      0.16
     23   23.02*    15.80     18.28     11.69     20.63     10.23      0.36
     24   16.17*    16.14     25.89     17.92     11.81     11.96      0.11
     25   15.26     22.05*    19.89     15.97     14.45     12.32      0.07


   (*)  Correct Response

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