2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alaska
Number of schools returning results 10
Average of school highest score 18.30
Average school team score 46.60
# of State Student Participants 569
Overall State Average Score 9.07
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 93 6.70
7th 173 8.77
8th 296 10.01
Number of Female Students 285
Average Score of Female Students 8.95
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 53 6.57
7th 91 8.89
8th 138 9.93
Number of Male Participants 276
Average Score of Male Participants 9.15
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 40 6.88
7th 81 8.59
8th 152 10.07
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 1 1 2
22 0 0 0
21 3 0 3
20 1 1 2
19 2 1 3
18 1 0 1
17 9 2 11
16 5 4 9
15 4 6 11
14 5 5 11
13 13 17 30
12 16 13 30
11 22 31 53
10 21 35 58
9 35 36 72
8 32 37 70
7 33 28 62
6 39 29 68
5 21 23 44
4 8 10 18
3 5 5 10
2 0 1 1
1 0 0 0
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 0
24 0 0 0 0
23 0 0 0 2
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 1 2
20 0 0 0 2
19 0 0 0 3
18 0 0 0 1
17 0 0 6 5
16 0 0 2 7
15 0 0 2 9
14 0 0 2 9
13 0 3 5 22
12 0 1 9 20
11 0 2 16 35
10 0 4 12 41
9 0 6 31 34
8 0 11 28 28
7 0 17 16 27
6 0 22 22 24
5 0 15 9 20
4 0 7 7 4
3 0 4 5 1
2 0 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
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 569 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.35 0.88 5.27 91.92* 1.58 0.00 0.00
2 6.85 2.64 85.06* 2.46 2.81 0.18 0.00
3 42.18* 4.75 28.82 11.25 11.07 1.93 0.00
4 6.33 61.69* 13.36 11.42 7.03 0.18 0.00
5 6.68 3.69 5.10 63.09* 19.16 2.28 0.00
6 5.27 22.14 54.31* 6.15 11.60 0.53 0.00
7 45.87 14.59* 7.03 13.88 16.70 1.58 0.35
8 9.31 6.50 12.13 12.65 58.00* 1.41 0.00
9 29.35 16.70 27.59* 11.25 11.25 3.87 0.00
10 18.28* 28.82 24.43 15.29 10.54 2.64 0.00
11 21.27 28.65 17.22* 17.57 9.31 5.80 0.18
12 6.68 7.03 38.49 34.09* 12.30 1.23 0.18
13 7.21 17.40 29.88 22.32* 17.93 4.92 0.35
14 7.38 74.87* 5.27 5.27 5.27 1.93 0.00
15 22.67 7.91 37.43* 15.29 10.37 6.15 0.18
16 16.17 22.67 20.39 13.36 17.40* 9.84 0.18
17 7.21 20.39* 11.95 37.61 16.17 6.68 0.00
18 8.79 13.71 17.05 22.32* 29.00 9.14 0.00
19 8.79 13.18 14.41 47.10* 6.68 9.67 0.18
20 12.83 21.27 25.48* 19.51 9.67 11.25 0.00
21 13.01* 13.53 17.57 22.85 17.93 14.94 0.18
22 25.66 26.01 15.64 13.36* 5.62 13.36 0.35
23 17.05* 16.87 16.52 13.01 22.67 13.53 0.35
24 10.90* 14.41 26.54 18.63 10.02 19.51 0.00
25 13.18 17.40* 19.16 15.82 15.29 19.16 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem