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           2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Maryland                

           Number of schools returning results       20
           Average of school highest score        18.30
           Average school team score              50.15

           # of State Student Participants         1635
           Overall State Average Score            10.83

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th              14           9.36
                    6th             261           9.50
                    7th             586          10.69
                    8th             764          11.47



           Number of Female Students                689
           Average Score of Female Students       10.27

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th                4          10.75
                   6th               97           8.76
                   7th              264          10.25
                   8th              323          10.73



           Number of Male Participants              917
           Average Score of Male Participants     11.30

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th               10           8.80
                   6th              163           9.96
                   7th              316          11.10
                   8th              422          12.06




                     2006 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            6            1            7
                  24            4            1            5
                  23            9            1           10
                  22            7            2            9
                  21           23            5           28
                  20           12            8           22
                  19           15            6           22
                  18           15           10           25
                  17           28            7           36
                  16           34           17           51
                  15           49           27           76
                  14           44           36           81
                  13           67           46          114
                  12           65           58          124
                  11           80           69          153
                  10           97           92          191
                   9          107           61          169
                   8           77           73          153
                   7           65           72          141
                   6           52           43           97
                   5           36           29           68
                   4           15           17           33
                   3            5            4           10
                   2            3            3            7
                   1            1            0            1
                   0  (@)       0            1            1
                   0  ($)       1            0            1



           (@)  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            1            5
              24          0            0            0            5
              23          0            0            3            7
              22          0            0            1            8
              21          0            1            9           18
              20          0            1            6           15
              19          0            3            8           11
              18          0            3            7           15
              17          0            2           17           17
              16          0            3           16           32
              15          1            9           22           44
              14          1           12           33           35
              13          0           13           41           59
              12          4           19           45           56
              11          1           22           63           65
              10          1           26           77           85
               9          0           34           58           77
               8          2           35           56           60
               7          2           24           44           70
               6          0           24           44           29
               5          0           12           21           33
               4          0           12            8           12
               3          0            3            3            4
               2          1            2            1            2
               1          1            0            0            0
               0(@)       0            0            2            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    1635 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.55      0.98      3.30     93.88*     1.10      0.18      0.00
      2    3.98      2.08     89.66*     1.83      2.02      0.37      0.06
      3   47.40*     6.85     22.45     12.23      9.60      1.47      0.00
      4    4.34     69.66*    11.31     10.15      4.28      0.12      0.12
      5    9.91      3.49      5.87     63.98*    14.43      2.26      0.06
      6    4.10     17.19     60.98*     7.46      9.72      0.49      0.06
      7   34.68     26.79*    10.40     12.60     14.43      1.04      0.06
      8   10.09      5.50     10.34      9.66     63.24*     1.04      0.12
      9   26.54     15.90     33.82*    10.89      9.85      3.00      0.00
     10   27.34*    31.25     24.22      8.75      7.22      1.22      0.00
     11   19.63     33.76     19.14*    17.00      7.46      3.00      0.00
     12    3.61      5.32     28.69     53.46*     8.26      0.67      0.00
     13    7.95     15.41     25.87     29.11*    19.45      2.08      0.12
     14    5.57     82.14*     4.89      3.79      2.81      0.80      0.00
     15   17.13     10.34     46.61*    11.56     10.52      3.85      0.00
     16   16.70     18.29     21.10     12.84     25.14*     5.81      0.12
     17    7.83     31.80*    10.89     34.19     11.99      3.24      0.06
     18    9.97     13.03     23.12     25.14*    24.16      4.28      0.31
     19    9.54     11.62     12.23     55.35*     5.63      5.32      0.31
     20   11.93     20.43     31.13*    17.68     12.05      6.73      0.06
     21   23.00*    14.43     17.37     20.49     16.33      8.01      0.37
     22   18.04     29.66     18.59     18.53*     6.85      8.26      0.06
     23   25.63*    15.47     18.72     11.68     19.33      9.11      0.06
     24   16.76*    14.86     24.22     19.14     13.39     11.56      0.06
     25   15.05     23.79*    19.51     15.60     13.70     12.23      0.12


   (*)  Correct Response

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