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