2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Virginia
Number of schools returning results 48
Average of school highest score 17.13
Average school team score 47.60
# of State Student Participants 3631
Overall State Average Score 9.50
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 16 8.00
6th 249 8.46
7th 1198 9.05
8th 1986 9.67
Number of Female Students 1771
Average Score of Female Students 8.78
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 6 7.67
6th 116 7.83
7th 593 8.54
8th 978 8.89
Number of Male Participants 1774
Average Score of Male Participants 10.21
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 10 8.20
6th 132 9.01
7th 584 9.58
8th 967 10.47
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 3 1 4
24 9 3 12
23 19 2 21
22 12 2 14
21 17 6 25
20 19 9 29
19 33 11 45
18 33 16 49
17 48 21 70
16 48 20 73
15 60 39 102
14 72 57 132
13 95 79 180
12 111 100 217
11 130 110 244
10 150 148 303
9 181 213 406
8 191 223 425
7 172 197 376
6 160 207 371
5 103 141 251
4 57 94 153
3 26 44 73
2 12 22 36
1 7 4 11
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 6 2 9
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 4
24 0 3 2 7
23 0 0 5 14
22 0 0 2 11
21 0 0 3 18
20 0 0 5 20
19 0 2 5 24
18 0 1 13 31
17 0 2 17 45
16 0 4 24 36
15 0 2 32 54
14 0 8 36 77
13 0 5 71 89
12 1 13 70 114
11 0 19 91 120
10 2 23 82 182
9 5 21 147 220
8 1 34 144 241
7 3 34 126 208
6 2 29 127 205
5 2 23 87 133
4 0 17 53 77
3 0 4 36 28
2 0 5 11 19
1 0 0 7 4
0(@) 0 0 2 5
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 3631 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.19 1.18 4.35 93.25* 0.69 0.30 0.03
2 5.04 4.38 78.60* 2.64 7.96 1.35 0.03
3 41.26* 5.81 29.47 12.56 9.06 1.76 0.08
4 4.21 62.49* 14.02 11.43 6.72 0.99 0.14
5 10.88 3.97 4.60 63.62* 14.65 2.20 0.08
6 6.22 25.36 47.45* 8.12 11.79 1.05 0.00
7 41.89 18.78* 9.64 14.21 13.49 1.79 0.19
8 9.75 5.95 12.67 9.03 60.45* 1.98 0.17
9 27.73 13.36 36.19* 10.13 8.23 4.27 0.08
10 20.52* 35.89 23.24 9.67 8.10 2.59 0.00
11 19.53 35.50 15.15* 16.97 8.29 4.54 0.03
12 4.71 6.11 37.32 38.28* 10.85 2.70 0.03
13 8.21 17.43 28.01 25.12* 15.73 5.37 0.14
14 6.69 74.03* 5.67 6.42 3.77 3.33 0.08
15 21.73 10.27 40.02* 11.62 8.79 7.41 0.17
16 15.37 18.56 21.81 12.50 21.48* 10.25 0.03
17 6.47 27.13* 11.04 34.81 13.00 7.49 0.06
18 9.09 12.64 21.34 21.43* 25.28 10.11 0.11
19 10.30 14.24 12.34 47.70* 5.45 9.67 0.30
20 11.81 21.54 28.70* 15.81 10.08 11.87 0.19
21 17.46* 14.73 17.74 20.41 15.73 13.72 0.22
22 17.93 27.07 17.16 16.97* 6.33 14.32 0.22
23 19.75* 15.62 16.30 11.07 20.74 16.19 0.33
24 14.07* 15.84 25.81 15.48 10.74 18.01 0.06
25 13.61 20.16* 19.58 14.29 12.70 19.64 0.03
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem