2005 State Report for Maryland
Number of schools returning results 26
Average of school highest score 18.77
Average school team score 52.04
# of State Student Participants 1401
Overall State Average Score 11.38
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 9 12.22
6th 132 9.48
7th 519 11.07
8th 714 11.88
Number of Female Students 657
Average Score of Female Students 10.39
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 10.80
6th 50 8.64
7th 245 9.91
8th 350 11.02
Number of Male Participants 712
Average Score of Male Participants 12.17
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 14.00
6th 80 10.02
7th 272 12.11
8th 351 12.68
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 4 2 6
24 2 0 4
23 8 4 13
22 11 3 14
21 15 5 21
20 16 4 23
19 25 4 29
18 23 17 40
17 34 21 56
16 43 18 64
15 54 28 83
14 47 33 83
13 44 51 96
12 55 55 111
11 49 59 115
10 48 61 112
9 55 59 116
8 51 65 118
7 37 47 85
6 30 41 71
5 33 34 67
4 11 22 33
3 10 16 26
2 1 4 5
1 2 3 5
0 (@) 0 1 1
0 ($) 4 0 4
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 5
24 0 0 1 1
23 0 1 2 8
22 0 0 2 12
21 1 0 4 15
20 0 0 8 14
19 1 3 11 14
18 0 1 14 25
17 0 4 15 36
16 1 3 31 28
15 1 7 32 42
14 1 7 31 42
13 0 7 37 51
12 0 8 46 56
11 0 7 41 63
10 0 10 44 55
9 1 7 50 58
8 1 18 44 52
7 0 17 24 44
6 0 7 14 47
5 1 11 32 22
4 0 7 14 12
3 1 6 10 9
2 0 0 4 1
1 0 1 3 1
0(@) 0 0 4 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 1401 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.71 75.87* 16.42 6.71 0.00 0.29 0.00
2 7.14 11.42 74.88* 2.86 3.07 0.64 0.00
3 4.71 7.35 29.19 50.39* 7.64 0.71 0.00
4 17.20 3.43 67.38* 8.57 2.28 1.14 0.00
5 5.85 62.03* 8.78 2.57 19.77 0.79 0.21
6 13.99 17.77 40.11* 12.35 13.49 2.28 0.00
7 20.99 32.41* 9.06 32.62 3.21 1.57 0.14
8 10.21 9.35 9.92 7.78 61.46* 1.14 0.14
9 12.28 20.34 15.77 44.25* 3.85 3.43 0.07
10 3.07 2.07 2.86 87.65* 3.57 0.79 0.00
11 6.00 7.00 69.45* 5.21 10.28 2.07 0.00
12 5.21 5.35 16.13 60.10* 11.49 1.71 0.00
13 15.99 37.90 35.40* 5.78 3.14 1.71 0.07
14 12.92 39.47* 5.71 18.77 19.77 3.35 0.00
15 14.35 19.63 24.13* 12.78 24.20 4.93 0.00
16 4.57 8.78 10.21 25.62* 47.47 3.35 0.00
17 8.07 3.07 22.56 5.85 57.17* 3.14 0.14
18 19.27 18.42 40.26* 13.70 3.93 4.28 0.14
19 47.61* 17.84 15.77 5.92 7.07 5.78 0.00
20 29.69* 19.20 22.34 14.49 6.00 8.14 0.14
21 22.84 34.90 25.05* 6.42 5.42 5.35 0.00
22 11.21 16.92 21.77 23.84 18.27* 7.99 0.00
23 9.21 24.27* 30.26 11.78 13.28 11.06 0.14
24 11.56 18.56* 23.13 16.42 18.56 11.78 0.00
25 26.41* 20.56 18.34 13.06 8.99 12.56 0.07
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem