2005 State Report for Alabama
Number of schools returning results 27
Average of school highest score 16.78
Average school team score 46.30
# of State Student Participants 1043
Overall State Average Score 9.25
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 56 5.30
6th 117 7.46
7th 384 8.18
8th 479 11.04
Number of Female Students 495
Average Score of Female Students 8.42
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 27 4.89
6th 63 6.56
7th 187 7.46
8th 215 10.29
Number of Male Participants 533
Average Score of Male Participants 10.05
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 29 5.69
6th 52 8.65
7th 194 8.91
8th 256 11.73
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 1 0 1
23 3 0 3
22 1 1 2
21 2 0 2
20 3 1 4
19 13 2 15
18 11 1 12
17 10 10 20
16 18 7 26
15 25 18 43
14 27 10 38
13 31 24 55
12 41 27 68
11 36 31 67
10 49 37 86
9 43 44 90
8 43 62 105
7 50 46 99
6 45 65 115
5 35 48 83
4 25 26 53
3 14 20 34
2 6 9 15
1 0 5 5
0 (@) 0 1 1
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 1
24 0 0 1 0
23 0 0 0 3
22 0 0 0 2
21 0 0 0 2
20 0 1 2 1
19 0 1 2 12
18 0 1 2 9
17 0 0 4 16
16 0 1 7 18
15 0 1 10 32
14 0 0 6 32
13 0 2 13 40
12 0 5 21 42
11 0 7 26 34
10 0 9 25 52
9 2 8 29 50
8 6 15 50 33
7 5 20 36 37
6 14 12 62 25
5 11 14 37 21
4 6 8 23 14
3 9 6 18 1
2 3 2 8 2
1 0 4 1 0
0(@) 0 0 1 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 1043 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.67 61.65* 28.67 8.82 0.19 0.00 0.00
2 13.33 14.29 60.12* 4.41 6.42 1.44 0.00
3 6.71 8.05 36.43 39.79* 7.96 1.05 0.00
4 30.58 3.84 53.12* 7.67 3.26 1.53 0.00
5 6.04 54.17* 10.07 4.99 24.54 0.19 0.00
6 17.26 16.01 31.93* 18.89 13.52 2.40 0.00
7 19.85 23.87* 7.57 44.39 2.97 1.34 0.00
8 15.63 11.79 13.90 8.72 47.36* 2.49 0.10
9 16.11 19.08 16.49 38.83* 6.81 2.59 0.10
10 5.47 4.41 4.51 79.39* 5.37 0.86 0.00
11 8.63 8.44 59.25* 7.09 14.48 2.11 0.00
12 5.27 6.14 23.11 49.57* 13.42 2.21 0.29
13 23.49 37.78 22.15* 8.44 6.14 2.01 0.00
14 18.79 34.90* 6.04 19.27 17.74 3.16 0.10
15 19.37 23.11 26.75* 10.93 15.53 4.31 0.00
16 5.85 9.11 11.70 16.59* 54.17 2.21 0.38
17 14.19 2.30 34.71 8.25 38.54* 1.63 0.38
18 29.53 19.75 28.48* 12.56 4.70 4.79 0.19
19 39.79* 19.85 16.59 8.82 9.11 5.56 0.29
20 23.97* 23.11 21.86 15.72 7.48 7.77 0.10
21 29.53 31.26 23.39* 6.62 3.84 5.37 0.00
22 11.79 18.41 19.94 25.02 16.40* 8.05 0.38
23 12.46 20.23* 28.86 12.85 14.57 10.83 0.19
24 13.61 15.05* 26.56 15.24 17.74 11.41 0.38
25 19.27* 22.91 18.12 14.86 11.70 13.14 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem