2005 State Report for Louisiana
Number of schools returning results 8
Average of school highest score 17.00
Average school team score 46.63
# of State Student Participants 424
Overall State Average Score 9.47
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 12 8.08
7th 158 8.48
8th 249 10.09
Number of Female Students 208
Average Score of Female Students 9.25
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 6 7.50
7th 74 8.18
8th 127 9.91
Number of Male Participants 206
Average Score of Male Participants 9.67
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 6 8.67
7th 80 8.77
8th 118 10.31
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 0 1 1
23 0 0 0
22 0 0 0
21 1 0 1
20 3 0 3
19 2 3 5
18 0 0 0
17 2 3 6
16 7 0 7
15 6 13 20
14 17 12 29
13 7 10 18
12 18 12 31
11 17 13 31
10 23 24 48
9 23 21 44
8 16 20 38
7 14 21 35
6 16 21 38
5 10 19 29
4 11 9 20
3 6 6 12
2 3 0 4
1 2 0 2
0 (@) 1 0 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 0 1
23 0 0 0 0
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 0 0 3
19 0 1 0 4
18 0 0 0 0
17 0 0 0 5
16 0 0 0 7
15 0 0 4 15
14 0 0 7 21
13 0 0 6 12
12 0 0 9 22
11 0 0 12 19
10 0 1 24 21
9 0 3 19 22
8 0 2 22 14
7 0 2 13 20
6 0 0 14 24
5 0 0 7 22
4 0 2 11 7
3 0 1 6 5
2 0 0 2 2
1 0 0 1 1
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 424 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.47 63.68* 26.89 8.49 0.00 0.47 0.00
2 16.27 20.28 54.25* 3.54 5.42 0.24 0.00
3 4.25 4.48 36.56 43.16* 11.32 0.24 0.00
4 31.37 4.95 47.41* 12.26 3.54 0.47 0.00
5 8.73 61.08* 8.96 4.48 16.75 0.00 0.00
6 20.99 21.46 31.84* 13.44 11.56 0.71 0.00
7 23.82 19.34* 8.25 44.81 3.77 0.00 0.00
8 14.62 13.44 10.85 9.67 50.47* 0.71 0.24
9 12.26 19.10 21.70 38.68* 7.08 1.18 0.00
10 4.01 3.77 4.01 81.84* 5.90 0.47 0.00
11 6.60 7.55 60.61* 8.25 15.57 1.18 0.24
12 3.77 6.60 26.89 49.06* 12.50 0.94 0.24
13 19.58 48.58 17.45* 7.08 6.37 0.71 0.24
14 19.81 34.43* 6.37 21.46 16.98 0.94 0.00
15 16.51 24.76 27.36* 12.97 16.98 1.18 0.24
16 7.31 8.96 12.26 21.46* 48.35 1.42 0.24
17 14.62 3.77 32.08 8.49 39.86* 0.47 0.71
18 29.01 21.46 27.12* 13.92 6.60 1.89 0.00
19 40.80* 26.42 19.10 4.25 8.02 1.42 0.00
20 27.83* 22.17 25.71 13.44 8.02 2.83 0.00
21 28.54 34.67 23.58* 5.66 4.95 2.36 0.24
22 12.50 16.75 21.93 28.30 17.45* 2.59 0.47
23 9.20 20.99* 31.13 17.22 16.51 4.48 0.47
24 16.51 19.58* 25.24 17.45 16.27 4.95 0.00
25 27.83* 22.17 19.34 12.26 12.74 5.66 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem