2005 State Report for Kentucky
Number of schools returning results 18
Average of school highest score 17.33
Average school team score 47.22
# of State Student Participants 1259
Overall State Average Score 8.41
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 11 8.09
6th 222 7.22
7th 439 7.53
8th 558 9.57
Number of Female Students 599
Average Score of Female Students 7.97
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 7.40
6th 111 7.04
7th 208 6.91
8th 267 9.12
Number of Male Participants 637
Average Score of Male Participants 8.80
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 6 8.67
6th 110 7.41
7th 225 8.02
8th 283 9.96
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 3 1 4
23 5 3 8
22 0 1 1
21 3 0 3
20 2 0 2
19 4 2 6
18 5 3 8
17 4 4 9
16 13 8 21
15 18 10 30
14 22 13 35
13 26 15 41
12 35 26 65
11 51 36 88
10 59 53 112
9 48 60 112
8 70 71 143
7 61 68 132
6 68 74 145
5 54 65 120
4 40 39 80
3 23 18 42
2 15 19 34
1 6 5 11
0 (@) 0 2 2
0 ($) 1 3 4
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 3
23 0 1 3 4
22 0 0 0 1
21 0 0 2 1
20 0 0 0 2
19 0 1 1 4
18 0 1 2 4
17 0 0 1 8
16 0 1 7 13
15 0 2 7 20
14 1 3 5 26
13 1 4 8 24
12 0 7 15 40
11 0 6 23 59
10 1 16 35 58
9 1 18 37 54
8 1 33 47 57
7 1 28 53 48
6 3 35 57 47
5 2 33 51 32
4 0 13 35 30
3 0 11 19 10
2 0 4 22 8
1 0 2 6 3
0(@) 0 3 2 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 1259 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.19 56.24* 33.04 8.98 0.24 0.32 0.00
2 18.11 22.56 47.82* 5.64 5.16 0.71 0.00
3 6.59 8.50 38.05 36.70* 9.45 0.64 0.08
4 37.33 5.64 41.14* 11.28 3.97 0.64 0.00
5 7.70 52.90* 10.72 5.96 22.24 0.48 0.00
6 20.65 18.19 28.51* 20.65 11.12 0.87 0.00
7 20.81 14.93* 8.74 50.28 4.69 0.48 0.08
8 17.32 12.31 17.79 8.98 42.49* 0.95 0.16
9 14.85 18.90 23.59 32.09* 9.37 1.19 0.00
10 6.20 5.00 5.00 74.66* 8.26 0.79 0.08
11 10.48 8.50 55.36* 8.90 15.17 1.51 0.08
12 7.55 6.99 31.06 41.62* 11.83 0.95 0.00
13 24.31 38.68 19.46* 9.53 6.51 1.27 0.24
14 18.27 33.76* 8.58 21.29 15.97 2.14 0.00
15 19.78 23.35 30.34* 10.72 12.63 3.02 0.16
16 6.91 7.31 13.19 15.17* 55.28 2.14 0.00
17 13.58 2.70 41.86 6.75 33.44* 1.67 0.00
18 30.58 21.29 27.96* 12.79 4.92 2.38 0.08
19 36.93* 23.67 18.98 8.90 8.82 2.70 0.00
20 25.10* 20.73 24.94 16.60 8.42 4.05 0.16
21 31.14 36.46 17.63* 5.40 6.04 3.26 0.08
22 10.25 16.76 23.43 25.42 20.02* 4.13 0.00
23 12.47 18.43* 31.14 14.46 16.84 6.67 0.00
24 13.74 17.79* 27.32 14.61 18.59 7.78 0.16
25 20.57* 22.32 22.08 15.81 10.80 8.34 0.08
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem