2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Indiana
Number of schools returning results 73
Average of school highest score 17.40
Average school team score 48.44
# of State Student Participants 4547
Overall State Average Score 9.97
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 66 7.89
6th 477 8.97
7th 1241 9.50
8th 2682 10.43
Number of Female Students 2138
Average Score of Female Students 9.51
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 29 7.76
6th 225 8.86
7th 587 8.94
8th 1279 9.91
Number of Male Participants 2294
Average Score of Male Participants 10.39
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 37 8.00
6th 241 9.10
7th 639 10.00
8th 1351 10.87
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 3 2 5
24 5 1 6
23 9 2 11
22 10 1 14
21 9 7 16
20 22 4 26
19 17 7 25
18 29 18 48
17 36 18 56
16 59 35 98
15 90 50 142
14 134 94 235
13 165 110 288
12 200 148 353
11 220 199 430
10 266 310 585
9 260 258 533
8 253 285 551
7 199 231 439
6 142 187 335
5 93 96 197
4 46 51 101
3 17 15 33
2 5 6 11
1 2 0 2
0 (@) 1 0 1
0 ($) 2 3 6
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 4
24 0 0 3 3
23 0 0 2 9
22 0 0 4 10
21 0 0 3 13
20 0 1 6 18
19 0 2 5 18
18 0 0 14 34
17 2 4 11 39
16 0 5 27 65
15 0 7 36 98
14 2 16 51 161
13 3 18 51 209
12 2 30 87 227
11 4 46 107 267
10 5 65 153 352
9 2 62 144 315
8 10 61 153 317
7 14 63 143 214
6 9 51 115 154
5 6 23 76 86
4 4 19 24 49
3 2 2 14 15
2 0 2 8 1
1 0 0 1 1
0(@) 1 0 2 3
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 4547 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.18 0.90 3.56 94.50* 0.70 0.15 0.00
2 3.67 2.40 89.62* 1.41 2.33 0.57 0.00
3 46.32* 6.95 23.03 13.15 9.59 0.88 0.09
4 3.50 68.53* 12.34 10.18 5.12 0.29 0.04
5 9.43 3.65 5.17 61.69* 18.80 1.23 0.02
6 5.43 24.08 49.57* 8.29 12.23 0.40 0.00
7 43.02 17.29* 9.13 13.15 16.43 0.88 0.11
8 10.80 4.77 10.84 12.27 60.33* 0.73 0.26
9 27.03 16.34 35.54* 10.05 8.91 2.07 0.07
10 20.56* 35.72 24.19 10.53 7.98 0.95 0.07
11 21.51 31.93 16.58* 18.52 8.93 2.42 0.11
12 4.02 5.45 35.10 45.63* 9.02 0.68 0.09
13 8.38 17.90 29.49 24.61* 16.96 2.60 0.07
14 6.11 81.46* 3.78 4.40 3.25 0.86 0.13
15 19.86 9.76 45.17* 12.12 9.74 3.30 0.04
16 18.61 20.48 21.49 12.12 22.54* 4.73 0.04
17 8.71 25.47* 11.77 37.34 12.95 3.58 0.18
18 10.18 12.91 22.89 21.35* 27.38 5.12 0.15
19 9.87 13.86 11.94 53.73* 5.74 4.77 0.09
20 12.21 23.18 30.09* 16.89 11.37 6.09 0.18
21 17.77* 15.53 17.88 22.63 18.17 7.92 0.11
22 21.05 29.43 18.08 16.71* 6.53 7.85 0.35
23 18.96* 15.77 18.36 11.52 25.80 9.39 0.20
24 13.70* 17.55 26.48 18.63 12.95 10.58 0.11
25 18.28 19.09* 20.08 14.93 16.16 11.39 0.07
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem