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           2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in New York                

           Number of schools returning results      116
           Average of school highest score        18.06
           Average school team score              49.93

           # of State Student Participants         9060
           Overall State Average Score             9.68

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              59           7.03
                    6th             751           8.03
                    7th            2930           9.15
                    8th            5173          10.26



           Number of Female Students               4179
           Average Score of Female Students        9.22

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               26           7.35
                   6th              344           7.68
                   7th             1308           8.63
                   8th             2461           9.77



           Number of Male Participants             4666
           Average Score of Male Participants     10.10

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               30           6.87
                   6th              394           8.33
                   7th             1558           9.58
                   8th             2610          10.72




                     2006 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            3            0            3
                  24            2            1            3
                  23            9            4           13
                  22           19            2           21
                  21           22            7           29
                  20           33            7           40
                  19           46           12           59
                  18           50           15           71
                  17           78           35          116
                  16          102           59          165
                  15          199           81          287
                  14          182          143          332
                  13          311          190          509
                  12          369          305          690
                  11          479          420          920
                  10          522          538         1086
                   9          586          556         1173
                   8          524          550         1103
                   7          441          492          957
                   6          317          362          694
                   5          200          216          425
                   4          100          120          225
                   3           48           29           78
                   2           11           17           28
                   1            6            4           10
                   0  (@)       0            0            0
                   0  ($)       7           14           23



           (@)  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            3
              24          0            0            2            1
              23          0            0            2           11
              22          0            0            4           17
              21          1            1            9           18
              20          0            1            9           29
              19          0            0           11           48
              18          0            1           11           59
              17          0            4           16           94
              16          1            6           26          130
              15          0            5           70          207
              14          0            8           68          253
              13          1           19          130          349
              12          0           34          205          437
              11          0           51          276          576
              10          4           80          355          632
               9          6           91          409          647
               8          7          104          402          572
               7          9          109          397          431
               6         14          100          262          305
               5          8           82          151          175
               4          5           31           85          101
               3          2           12           23           38
               2          1            7            4           16
               1          0            5            0            5
               0(@)       0            0            3           19
               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    9060 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.32      0.45      3.15     94.82*     0.96      0.29      0.01
      2    3.92      3.58     84.33*     2.08      5.00      1.07      0.03
      3   43.04*     7.60     23.25     13.32     10.86      1.87      0.07
      4    4.03     66.30*    12.52     11.90      4.66      0.50      0.10
      5   11.37      4.93      6.78     58.73*    15.40      2.68      0.11
      6    5.22     19.54     55.75*     8.38     10.34      0.74      0.03
      7   36.77     20.50*    10.50     14.50     16.35      1.31      0.08
      8   11.07      5.73     11.79     11.56     58.32*     1.29      0.24
      9   30.08     14.91     30.92*    10.49     10.45      3.06      0.10
     10   20.15*    33.28     22.99     12.34      9.36      1.82      0.06
     11   21.39     30.41     17.63*    18.44      8.92      3.13      0.08
     12    5.65      6.08     40.15     38.11*     8.71      1.20      0.09
     13    7.85     16.68     29.87     23.59*    18.61      3.26      0.15
     14    6.36     79.11*     4.79      4.64      3.60      1.46      0.06
     15   19.60     11.70     41.07*    13.29      9.93      4.24      0.17
     16   16.57     20.01     23.89     13.27     19.86*     6.25      0.17
     17    7.98     25.96*    12.27     36.37     13.50      3.81      0.11
     18   10.97     14.29     22.91     20.99*    25.08      5.54      0.21
     19    9.39     15.41     14.07     49.88*     5.86      5.13      0.25
     20   12.12     21.18     30.68*    17.97     11.37      6.52      0.15
     21   17.04*    16.28     20.57     21.84     16.13      7.89      0.24
     22   19.82     30.07     18.71     16.83*     7.01      7.38      0.18
     23   19.76*    16.83     20.57     13.10     20.96      8.30      0.47
     24   13.90*    17.46     28.09     19.06     12.27      9.05      0.17
     25   16.18     21.03*    21.60     15.96     15.49      9.66      0.09


   (*)  Correct Response

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