2005 State Report for Florida
Number of schools returning results 99
Average of school highest score 17.01
Average school team score 46.75
# of State Student Participants 8099
Overall State Average Score 9.08
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 111 5.41
6th 1007 7.37
7th 2263 8.91
8th 4561 9.65
Number of Female Students 3938
Average Score of Female Students 8.71
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 53 4.94
6th 457 6.91
7th 1082 8.45
8th 2297 9.28
Number of Male Participants 3963
Average Score of Male Participants 9.47
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 58 5.83
6th 542 7.76
7th 1132 9.37
8th 2160 10.08
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 1 0 1
23 4 1 5
22 5 3 8
21 3 7 10
20 16 5 22
19 22 13 36
18 31 19 50
17 45 34 79
16 83 46 132
15 134 98 241
14 210 118 337
13 249 190 448
12 312 235 563
11 381 339 731
10 388 393 801
9 427 428 870
8 402 468 900
7 398 464 885
6 293 415 723
5 247 282 545
4 157 194 363
3 90 111 206
2 42 55 98
1 14 11 26
0 (@) 1 4 5
0 ($) 7 5 13
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0 1
23 0 0 0 5
22 0 0 0 8
21 0 0 3 7
20 0 1 6 14
19 0 1 4 29
18 0 0 15 35
17 0 2 17 60
16 0 2 26 104
15 0 6 59 167
14 0 13 92 226
13 1 25 122 294
12 1 37 151 363
11 4 66 215 434
10 6 80 220 484
9 1 102 224 525
8 6 131 288 456
7 9 129 241 488
6 18 124 225 345
5 19 112 162 240
4 18 96 99 142
3 21 46 54 78
2 6 20 32 35
1 1 11 5 9
0(@) 0 3 3 11
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 8099 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.68 60.93* 29.90 7.93 0.26 0.30 0.00
2 13.41 18.73 59.74* 3.86 3.47 0.74 0.05
3 5.91 6.79 37.78 39.83* 8.93 0.75 0.00
4 27.69 4.77 51.29* 11.24 3.75 1.23 0.02
5 6.54 54.02* 9.68 4.11 25.21 0.36 0.07
6 18.31 18.87 27.23* 18.74 14.95 1.89 0.01
7 25.87 16.20* 6.82 47.46 2.86 0.77 0.02
8 15.05 11.62 12.26 7.99 51.71* 1.26 0.11
9 14.69 21.26 18.13 37.55* 6.20 2.15 0.02
10 4.10 3.88 4.31 82.34* 4.36 1.01 0.00
11 7.73 7.77 61.82* 7.82 12.78 2.04 0.05
12 5.48 6.30 25.95 48.76* 11.57 1.86 0.07
13 19.37 48.04 18.55* 7.43 4.88 1.64 0.09
14 16.25 34.68* 7.14 21.10 17.64 3.10 0.09
15 19.63 23.52 26.31* 12.36 13.58 4.51 0.09
16 5.74 9.66 11.93 14.68* 54.55 3.27 0.17
17 12.27 3.12 32.60 5.62 43.33* 2.83 0.23
18 29.63 18.30 26.81* 14.95 5.57 4.68 0.06
19 36.23* 24.25 17.72 8.11 7.83 5.70 0.16
20 23.46* 22.22 22.60 15.78 7.26 8.57 0.11
21 26.46 34.70 21.63* 5.74 5.03 6.31 0.14
22 11.67 16.13 22.85 24.72 15.78* 8.70 0.15
23 9.99 19.98* 27.68 14.35 15.79 11.84 0.37
24 13.35 15.80* 23.19 17.89 17.14 12.48 0.15
25 19.77* 23.57 19.43 13.15 10.75 13.27 0.05
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem