2005 State Report for Georgia
Number of schools returning results 46
Average of school highest score 18.20
Average school team score 49.76
# of State Student Participants 3007
Overall State Average Score 10.02
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 7.80
6th 338 8.82
7th 1132 9.22
8th 1499 10.90
Number of Female Students 1413
Average Score of Female Students 9.39
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 4.00
6th 140 7.96
7th 531 8.59
8th 731 10.23
Number of Male Participants 1542
Average Score of Male Participants 10.60
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 8.75
6th 188 9.55
7th 577 9.75
8th 752 11.54
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 4 0 4
23 1 1 2
22 2 1 3
21 8 2 10
20 10 3 13
19 23 8 31
18 30 9 41
17 49 19 68
16 58 25 85
15 74 46 122
14 99 71 171
13 106 104 213
12 139 109 255
11 156 131 298
10 145 135 286
9 149 154 305
8 128 134 264
7 113 135 254
6 93 125 220
5 72 86 161
4 40 58 100
3 27 37 64
2 10 11 22
1 3 4 7
0 (@) 0 2 2
0 ($) 2 3 5
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 4
23 0 0 0 2
22 0 0 1 2
21 0 1 0 9
20 0 0 4 9
19 1 2 7 21
18 0 5 8 28
17 0 4 21 43
16 0 5 21 58
15 0 7 37 77
14 0 9 53 106
13 0 14 70 126
12 0 23 87 142
11 0 29 106 159
10 0 30 88 162
9 0 31 123 146
8 1 42 108 111
7 0 42 106 102
6 1 41 97 81
5 0 26 78 57
4 1 15 60 24
3 0 7 38 18
2 1 5 9 7
1 0 0 6 1
0(@) 0 0 4 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 2005
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 3007 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.70 67.48* 23.48 7.85 0.13 0.37 0.00
2 11.04 15.03 65.38* 3.96 3.82 0.73 0.03
3 4.66 6.98 35.02 43.57* 8.71 1.03 0.03
4 24.74 4.12 57.70* 8.78 3.13 1.50 0.03
5 6.62 62.62* 8.15 4.02 18.06 0.43 0.10
6 16.49 20.15 30.79* 16.99 13.93 1.56 0.07
7 26.74 21.05* 8.95 39.18 2.99 1.03 0.07
8 14.43 9.21 9.84 7.62 57.50* 1.33 0.07
9 12.90 19.85 16.76 40.77* 6.62 2.96 0.13
10 4.06 2.83 2.89 85.27* 3.69 1.26 0.00
11 7.32 7.38 62.85* 6.09 13.50 2.83 0.03
12 4.76 5.75 20.92 56.67* 10.04 1.83 0.03
13 19.06 44.30 23.78* 5.72 5.09 2.03 0.03
14 13.20 36.65* 6.25 20.92 19.49 3.33 0.17
15 18.79 22.45 24.04* 11.54 18.19 4.82 0.17
16 5.35 7.48 11.47 19.42* 53.08 2.89 0.30
17 10.44 3.03 30.43 6.12 47.79* 2.00 0.20
18 23.64 18.26 32.62* 15.63 5.49 4.29 0.07
19 38.58* 26.27 15.30 6.65 7.68 5.35 0.17
20 26.50* 20.25 21.92 15.10 7.62 8.41 0.20
21 25.57 36.48 22.58* 5.05 4.56 5.72 0.03
22 12.11 13.87 20.42 28.20 16.76* 8.51 0.13
23 10.51 21.65* 27.84 12.87 15.36 11.61 0.17
24 13.30 16.20* 23.08 17.33 18.16 11.74 0.20
25 24.11* 21.95 17.26 12.30 10.71 13.60 0.07
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem