2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Wisconsin
Number of schools returning results 48
Average of school highest score 16.56
Average school team score 44.56
# of State Student Participants 2107
Overall State Average Score 9.25
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 7 6.43
6th 136 9.07
7th 667 8.61
8th 1272 9.61
Number of Female Students 1021
Average Score of Female Students 8.96
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 4.00
6th 64 8.09
7th 355 8.54
8th 594 9.32
Number of Male Participants 1052
Average Score of Male Participants 9.53
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 7.40
6th 69 9.91
7th 305 8.75
8th 661 9.84
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 0 2
24 0 0 0
23 3 0 3
22 2 0 2
21 3 0 3
20 4 0 4
19 6 2 8
18 8 7 15
17 9 5 14
16 17 6 24
15 22 21 44
14 52 28 81
13 55 46 104
12 102 77 185
11 94 98 194
10 96 131 229
9 147 143 294
8 119 124 249
7 120 141 262
6 73 73 148
5 60 57 121
4 30 33 64
3 17 19 36
2 8 3 11
1 1 1 2
0 (@) 0 1 1
0 ($) 2 5 7
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
23 0 0 1 2
22 0 1 1 0
21 0 1 0 2
20 0 1 1 2
19 0 0 2 6
18 0 1 7 7
17 0 1 4 9
16 0 2 1 21
15 0 1 9 34
14 0 5 18 55
13 0 6 26 70
12 1 10 51 119
11 1 9 51 132
10 0 9 67 149
9 0 29 76 187
8 0 14 90 141
7 0 16 94 150
6 0 10 63 73
5 2 8 54 57
4 3 10 25 25
3 0 2 14 20
2 0 0 6 5
1 0 0 0 2
0(@) 0 0 6 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 2107 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.43 0.81 5.55 91.74* 1.04 0.43 0.00
2 4.32 3.99 84.39* 2.61 3.56 1.14 0.00
3 38.78* 7.21 26.29 15.71 10.73 1.28 0.00
4 5.13 63.08* 14.86 10.30 5.98 0.47 0.19
5 7.50 4.79 4.70 62.84* 19.13 1.00 0.05
6 6.31 25.44 47.56* 7.40 12.62 0.66 0.00
7 45.37 13.48* 10.06 16.75 13.10 1.00 0.24
8 10.20 6.03 12.48 12.24 58.00* 0.81 0.24
9 26.63 18.08 30.09* 11.68 11.44 2.04 0.05
10 17.89* 36.02 23.26 12.81 9.11 0.90 0.00
11 20.98 33.89 14.05* 19.74 8.83 2.42 0.09
12 5.13 6.60 37.59 40.25* 9.54 0.81 0.09
13 8.88 18.75 28.19 25.30* 16.85 1.76 0.28
14 8.50 77.50* 4.27 5.27 3.56 0.76 0.14
15 24.68 11.25 37.64* 13.62 10.58 2.18 0.05
16 18.27 19.13 23.49 13.53 22.07* 3.42 0.09
17 8.12 21.26* 11.91 41.58 14.95 2.14 0.05
18 9.78 15.23 21.69 20.03* 29.52 3.56 0.19
19 10.39 15.28 13.34 51.45* 6.07 3.32 0.14
20 12.15 22.35 29.66* 18.27 13.48 3.89 0.19
21 16.04* 15.99 18.32 24.21 20.03 5.22 0.19
22 24.73 29.38 19.41 13.91* 7.17 5.22 0.19
23 15.99* 17.23 19.65 12.24 28.10 6.50 0.28
24 13.86* 18.13 28.10 18.94 13.05 7.74 0.19
25 18.18 18.32* 20.31 17.04 18.04 8.02 0.09
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem