2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Kentucky
Number of schools returning results 21
Average of school highest score 17.52
Average school team score 46.19
# of State Student Participants 1041
Overall State Average Score 9.09
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 3 7.33
6th 198 7.67
7th 294 8.28
8th 536 10.07
Number of Female Students 509
Average Score of Female Students 8.35
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 7.50
6th 97 7.38
7th 147 7.82
8th 259 9.02
Number of Male Participants 521
Average Score of Male Participants 9.79
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 7.00
6th 99 7.95
7th 144 8.78
8th 273 11.01
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 5 0 5
24 5 0 5
23 3 0 3
22 2 0 2
21 1 1 2
20 3 0 3
19 5 0 6
18 7 5 13
17 3 0 3
16 7 4 11
15 13 7 20
14 20 10 30
13 23 18 42
12 37 20 58
11 40 39 79
10 69 49 119
9 58 62 120
8 57 87 146
7 61 76 138
6 46 56 103
5 35 34 71
4 12 25 37
3 8 11 19
2 0 5 5
1 1 0 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 5
24 0 0 3 2
23 0 0 0 3
22 0 0 0 2
21 0 0 1 1
20 0 0 0 3
19 0 0 1 5
18 0 2 1 10
17 0 0 0 2
16 0 0 1 10
15 0 2 2 16
14 0 1 4 25
13 0 7 8 27
12 0 4 17 35
11 0 7 15 57
10 0 24 36 59
9 1 16 32 71
8 0 29 46 69
7 1 38 40 57
6 1 28 36 36
5 0 20 29 22
4 0 15 8 13
3 0 2 12 5
2 0 3 2 0
1 0 0 0 1
0(@) 0 0 0 0
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 1041 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.29 0.67 4.32 93.47* 1.25 0.00 0.00
2 5.76 4.23 81.46* 2.79 5.09 0.67 0.00
3 37.94* 6.53 30.84 12.68 11.14 0.67 0.19
4 4.90 57.25* 16.14 13.26 8.07 0.19 0.19
5 10.85 4.13 6.44 58.02* 19.21 1.25 0.10
6 9.22 26.71 41.21* 7.40 14.70 0.67 0.10
7 44.96 14.31* 10.66 16.71 12.20 0.96 0.19
8 12.10 8.65 13.54 11.14 53.89* 0.58 0.10
9 26.61 16.33 32.95* 11.34 10.76 2.02 0.00
10 16.23* 39.67 21.42 12.01 9.03 1.63 0.00
11 19.69 31.80 17.87* 19.60 9.22 1.73 0.10
12 6.15 7.01 40.83 34.20* 10.95 0.77 0.10
13 8.07 17.87 27.38 23.82* 21.13 1.63 0.10
14 9.03 75.50* 5.19 5.67 3.36 1.25 0.00
15 23.73 10.76 39.58* 14.02 9.51 2.40 0.00
16 17.20 22.38 21.81 13.45 21.52* 3.55 0.10
17 9.13 23.73* 11.34 36.89 16.23 2.59 0.10
18 10.57 15.66 23.44 19.31* 26.99 3.94 0.10
19 13.16 16.81 12.01 46.88* 6.05 4.90 0.19
20 11.72 23.92 31.41* 17.00 10.18 5.76 0.00
21 16.14* 16.04 19.12 23.63 18.35 6.53 0.19
22 22.86 27.95 17.77 17.20* 7.01 7.20 0.00
23 17.68* 15.95 17.20 14.41 25.55 8.84 0.38
24 13.26* 16.33 28.91 16.91 13.93 10.57 0.10
25 16.14 23.82* 19.60 15.85 13.93 10.57 0.10
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem