2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in New Mexico
Number of schools returning results 12
Average of school highest score 15.33
Average school team score 40.25
# of State Student Participants 840
Overall State Average Score 9.23
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 11.00
6th 206 8.48
7th 308 9.23
8th 319 9.67
Number of Female Students 412
Average Score of Female Students 8.91
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 108 8.18
7th 152 8.93
8th 152 9.40
Number of Male Participants 419
Average Score of Male Participants 9.51
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 11.00
6th 98 8.81
7th 153 9.54
8th 162 9.86
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 0 0 0
22 0 1 1
21 0 1 1
20 1 0 1
19 4 0 4
18 0 1 1
17 6 1 7
16 8 1 10
15 10 11 22
14 16 7 24
13 22 15 37
12 36 33 70
11 46 31 79
10 39 50 89
9 60 70 130
8 56 61 117
7 54 47 102
6 28 45 74
5 18 24 42
4 7 9 17
3 5 1 6
2 1 2 3
1 0 1 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 2 0 2
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
22 0 0 0 1
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 0 0 1
19 0 1 2 1
18 0 0 0 1
17 0 1 3 3
16 0 1 8 1
15 0 2 8 12
14 0 2 7 14
13 0 8 14 15
12 0 9 28 32
11 1 20 23 33
10 0 21 28 40
9 0 31 51 48
8 0 40 39 37
7 0 26 44 31
6 0 19 27 28
5 0 11 18 13
4 0 9 4 4
3 0 1 3 2
2 0 2 1 0
1 0 1 0 0
0(@) 0 1 0 1
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 840 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.36 0.83 4.40 92.86* 1.19 0.24 0.12
2 4.64 2.38 86.67* 1.90 3.57 0.71 0.12
3 38.33* 8.10 21.31 14.40 16.07 1.43 0.36
4 4.52 69.52* 11.43 10.12 4.17 0.24 0.00
5 9.17 4.40 5.00 59.52* 19.76 1.79 0.36
6 5.71 25.95 49.05* 8.45 10.00 0.71 0.12
7 43.33 14.05* 11.55 15.60 14.29 1.07 0.12
8 10.36 6.67 11.90 11.67 58.21* 0.71 0.48
9 26.55 19.29 31.55* 9.17 11.07 2.26 0.12
10 15.71* 36.79 20.71 13.69 12.14 0.83 0.12
11 24.05 31.67 15.48* 17.14 9.05 2.50 0.12
12 3.81 7.74 44.40 32.14* 11.19 0.71 0.00
13 8.33 21.07 27.14 23.57* 17.98 1.67 0.24
14 8.33 80.48* 2.98 3.93 3.57 0.71 0.00
15 23.45 10.71 36.19* 16.55 10.95 2.14 0.00
16 19.76 20.71 23.69 11.90 19.40* 4.40 0.12
17 6.31 21.79* 11.55 40.71 17.26 2.14 0.24
18 9.29 14.88 22.38 19.05* 30.36 3.81 0.24
19 10.60 14.76 12.38 50.83* 6.90 4.29 0.24
20 11.90 24.64 31.19* 17.38 11.07 3.69 0.12
21 12.98* 13.21 21.55 25.12 21.43 5.60 0.12
22 22.74 33.21 17.98 13.10* 7.62 5.36 0.00
23 17.02* 14.52 20.95 13.45 26.19 7.62 0.24
24 12.02* 18.69 27.14 19.29 15.24 7.38 0.24
25 20.71 21.79* 19.64 14.17 15.36 8.21 0.12
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem