2005 State Report for Hawaii
Number of schools returning results 11
Average of school highest score 17.64
Average school team score 48.55
# of State Student Participants 930
Overall State Average Score 10.56
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 9.25
6th 80 8.91
7th 398 9.83
8th 442 11.55
Number of Female Students 510
Average Score of Female Students 10.04
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 8.00
6th 52 7.75
7th 217 9.21
8th 237 11.31
Number of Male Participants 416
Average Score of Male Participants 11.22
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 3 9.67
6th 28 11.07
7th 179 10.63
8th 203 11.81
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 1 0 1
22 2 1 3
21 2 1 3
20 2 2 4
19 8 2 10
18 5 6 11
17 14 8 22
16 21 16 37
15 18 31 49
14 44 26 71
13 35 44 79
12 44 50 94
11 41 47 88
10 33 45 79
9 42 51 93
8 35 46 81
7 29 31 61
6 15 34 49
5 11 34 45
4 7 17 24
3 5 13 18
2 2 4 7
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 1 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
22 0 0 1 2
21 0 1 1 1
20 0 0 0 4
19 0 0 3 7
18 0 0 2 9
17 0 0 4 18
16 0 0 9 28
15 0 4 15 30
14 0 6 27 38
13 0 3 26 50
12 0 7 38 48
11 1 4 47 35
10 1 10 36 30
9 0 7 45 41
8 2 9 37 31
7 0 5 36 20
6 0 4 26 19
5 0 10 19 16
4 0 7 11 6
3 0 3 11 4
2 0 0 4 3
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 0 0 1
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 930 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.18 67.63* 24.30 6.67 0.11 0.11 0.00
2 8.60 14.41 70.54* 2.15 3.55 0.75 0.00
3 4.84 6.99 31.40 46.67* 8.60 1.40 0.11
4 16.67 2.47 68.71* 7.42 2.58 2.15 0.00
5 4.62 67.74* 7.85 3.01 16.56 0.22 0.00
6 13.98 18.39 33.23* 17.42 13.76 3.12 0.11
7 25.70 22.37* 9.89 38.39 2.58 1.08 0.00
8 10.54 9.35 10.00 9.14 58.82* 2.15 0.00
9 11.40 18.71 16.24 44.30* 4.30 5.05 0.00
10 3.44 2.15 1.83 87.53* 3.55 1.51 0.00
11 7.10 5.48 68.06* 6.67 9.46 3.23 0.00
12 2.58 5.70 17.20 62.47* 9.25 2.69 0.11
13 19.03 46.34 26.67* 3.76 2.04 2.15 0.00
14 14.41 40.65* 6.02 16.24 17.63 5.05 0.00
15 16.56 20.11 24.95* 12.69 18.39 7.31 0.00
16 6.13 10.54 10.11 18.17* 51.29 3.76 0.00
17 7.96 3.33 26.88 6.45 52.69* 2.04 0.65
18 21.40 18.49 34.30* 15.81 4.30 5.70 0.00
19 39.25* 26.34 15.38 5.91 5.81 7.31 0.00
20 21.94* 19.68 21.61 18.39 6.67 11.72 0.00
21 21.94 36.88 24.19* 5.27 3.55 8.06 0.11
22 10.97 14.52 19.35 25.81 16.13* 13.01 0.22
23 9.35 20.43* 25.91 14.41 13.01 16.77 0.11
24 9.25 16.67* 21.72 19.78 14.62 17.96 0.00
25 22.15* 22.58 15.16 10.43 9.46 20.22 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem