2005 State Report for Alaska
Number of schools returning results 12
Average of school highest score 15.17
Average school team score 40.17
# of State Student Participants 720
Overall State Average Score 8.25
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 130 6.66
7th 246 7.69
8th 340 9.27
Number of Female Students 361
Average Score of Female Students 7.96
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 61 6.44
7th 130 7.45
8th 167 8.93
Number of Male Participants 348
Average Score of Male Participants 8.57
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 69 6.86
7th 115 7.95
8th 164 9.72
2005 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 0 0
21 1 0 1
20 0 0 0
19 1 0 1
18 0 0 0
17 1 1 2
16 5 2 7
15 11 4 15
14 5 6 11
13 21 13 34
12 18 17 35
11 28 24 53
10 37 37 75
9 49 46 99
8 33 35 70
7 37 56 94
6 35 49 84
5 30 32 63
4 21 24 45
3 9 10 19
2 3 4 7
1 1 1 3
0 (@) 2 0 2
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
2005 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 0
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 0 0 0
19 0 0 0 1
18 0 0 0 0
17 0 0 1 1
16 0 0 0 7
15 0 1 1 13
14 0 0 2 9
13 0 1 8 25
12 0 2 13 20
11 0 1 17 35
10 0 18 17 40
9 0 12 32 53
8 0 11 28 31
7 0 18 40 35
6 0 18 34 31
5 0 22 23 18
4 0 15 18 12
3 0 6 8 5
2 0 2 4 1
1 0 1 0 2
0(@) 0 2 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 2005
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 720 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.11 55.28* 33.75 9.44 0.14 0.28 0.00
2 15.97 20.42 53.19* 4.44 5.00 0.97 0.00
3 5.28 9.44 39.72 37.22* 6.81 1.39 0.14
4 35.56 4.44 42.50* 12.36 3.61 1.53 0.00
5 4.44 57.50* 9.03 5.56 23.33 0.14 0.00
6 23.19 17.36 22.64* 20.28 13.47 3.06 0.00
7 24.86 18.47* 7.92 43.47 4.44 0.83 0.00
8 16.81 14.44 15.42 11.11 40.00* 2.22 0.00
9 13.19 21.94 20.28 32.50* 9.31 2.78 0.00
10 2.78 2.36 3.06 85.97* 4.58 1.11 0.14
11 9.17 7.36 54.44* 7.78 18.33 2.92 0.00
12 5.69 7.22 28.47 42.64* 14.03 1.67 0.28
13 21.39 46.39 14.72* 8.47 6.81 2.22 0.00
14 18.06 32.08* 6.53 24.03 14.72 4.31 0.28
15 21.11 27.50 23.33* 11.81 8.47 7.64 0.14
16 6.53 7.78 10.97 15.69* 54.44 4.44 0.14
17 14.03 2.64 37.36 7.92 35.14* 2.78 0.14
18 33.75 20.42 20.83* 12.08 6.25 6.25 0.42
19 35.42* 24.44 15.83 6.67 9.86 7.64 0.14
20 24.58* 23.61 17.78 16.94 5.14 11.53 0.42
21 30.42 33.19 17.50* 5.97 4.58 8.33 0.00
22 11.94 13.89 22.78 23.75 15.28* 12.22 0.14
23 9.03 17.64* 25.83 11.39 17.50 18.19 0.42
24 10.28 13.75* 20.83 16.53 20.28 18.19 0.14
25 16.94* 22.22 15.69 13.75 10.42 20.97 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem