2005 State Report for Maine                   

           Number of schools returning results        8
           Average of school highest score        18.75
           Average school team score              50.00

           # of State Student Participants          313
           Overall State Average Score            10.51

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    6th              12          11.00
                    7th             130           8.85
                    8th             169          11.76



           Number of Female Students                129
           Average Score of Female Students        9.74

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   6th                3          12.00
                   7th               53           8.60
                   8th               71          10.49



           Number of Male Participants              179
           Average Score of Male Participants     11.09

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   6th                9          10.67
                   7th               76           9.01
                   8th               94          12.82




                     2005 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            1            0            1
                  24            0            0            0
                  23            1            0            1
                  22            0            0            0
                  21            2            0            2
                  20            4            0            4
                  19            3            0            3
                  18            3            0            3
                  17            4            1            6
                  16            7            2            9
                  15            9            6           15
                  14           12            4           16
                  13           20           11           31
                  12           15           14           29
                  11           19           18           38
                  10           22           19           41
                   9           14           10           25
                   8            5           11           16
                   7            8           16           25
                   6            8            4           12
                   5            5            5           10
                   4           10            4           14
                   3            4            2            7
                   2            3            0            3
                   1            0            1            1
                   0  (@)       0            1            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            0
              23          0            0            0            1
              22          0            0            0            0
              21          0            0            0            2
              20          0            0            0            4
              19          0            0            0            3
              18          0            0            0            3
              17          0            0            0            6
              16          0            0            5            4
              15          0            0            3           12
              14          0            0            3           13
              13          0            2            7           22
              12          0            3            8           18
              11          0            3           19           16
              10          0            1           16           23
               9          0            3           12            9
               8          0            0            8            8
               7          0            0           17            8
               6          0            0            7            5
               5          0            0            6            4
               4          0            0           13            1
               3          0            0            2            5
               2          0            0            3            0
               1          0            0            0            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     313 Students
                             Percent of Responses


    ITEM    A         B         C         D         E       OMITS       ?
    ____  _____     _____     _____     _____     _____     _____     _____

      1    1.28     68.05*    23.00      7.67      0.00      0.00      0.00
      2    7.67     11.50     73.48*     3.51      3.83      0.00      0.00
      3    6.07      5.11     30.03     49.20*     9.58      0.00      0.00
      4   22.68      5.11     62.94*     6.71      2.56      0.00      0.00
      5    3.83     71.25*     7.35      2.24     15.34      0.00      0.00
      6   19.49     17.89     33.87*    15.97     12.14      0.64      0.00
      7   25.56     28.75*     8.95     31.63      4.47      0.00      0.64
      8   20.45      7.99     12.78     10.54     47.28*     0.64      0.32
      9   15.02     18.53     14.06     44.09*     6.71      1.60      0.00
     10    6.39      2.88      1.92     85.94*     2.24      0.64      0.00
     11    9.90      6.71     62.62*     7.03     13.42      0.32      0.00
     12    8.31      3.19     16.61     57.19*    14.06      0.32      0.32
     13   18.85     47.60     24.60*     4.79      3.83      0.32      0.00
     14   11.82     35.46*     7.35     21.41     23.64      0.00      0.32
     15   20.77     24.28     23.00*    13.10     17.25      1.60      0.00
     16    7.35     10.86     10.22     24.92*    45.69      0.64      0.32
     17   10.54      3.51     31.31      7.03     46.96*     0.32      0.32
     18   29.39     17.89     31.95*    13.74      5.11      1.92      0.00
     19   35.14*    30.03     21.09      6.07      7.03      0.64      0.00
     20   28.12*    18.85     16.93     19.17     13.42      3.51      0.00
     21   21.73     35.46     26.20*     8.31      5.11      2.56      0.64
     22   12.46     16.29     20.77     24.60     21.09*     3.51      1.28
     23   12.78     26.20*    30.03     12.78     12.78      5.43      0.00
     24   15.02     20.13*    20.13     17.25     21.73      5.43      0.32
     25   22.36*    23.96     19.81     15.97     11.18      6.39      0.32


   (*)  Correct Response

   (?)  Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
        erasures or two answers marked for the same problem