2005 State Report for Montana                 

           Number of schools returning results       13
           Average of school highest score        15.00
           Average school team score              42.23

           # of State Student Participants          797
           Overall State Average Score             8.49

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    6th              27           7.33
                    7th             403           7.63
                    8th             363           9.56



           Number of Female Students                389
           Average Score of Female Students        8.30

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   6th               16           6.69
                   7th              190           7.36
                   8th              181           9.44



           Number of Male Participants              399
           Average Score of Male Participants      8.74

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   6th               10           8.40
                   7th              208           7.93
                   8th              181           9.68




                     2005 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25            0            0            0
                  24            0            0            0
                  23            0            0            0
                  22            0            0            0
                  21            0            0            0
                  20            0            0            0
                  19            0            0            0
                  18            1            1            2
                  17            4            2            6
                  16            8            1            9
                  15           14            7           21
                  14           14           14           28
                  13           20           11           31
                  12           22           22           44
                  11           26           38           64
                  10           41           39           80
                   9           51           38           89
                   8           39           54           94
                   7           49           52          104
                   6           43           42           86
                   5           33           22           58
                   4           15           22           38
                   3           12           15           27
                   2            6            4           10
                   1            1            2            3
                   0  (@)       0            2            2
                   0  ($)       0            1            1



           (@)  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            0
              24          0            0            0            0
              23          0            0            0            0
              22          0            0            0            0
              21          0            0            0            0
              20          0            0            0            0
              19          0            0            0            0
              18          0            0            0            2
              17          0            0            2            4
              16          0            0            2            7
              15          0            0            2           19
              14          0            0            4           24
              13          0            2            9           20
              12          0            1           17           26
              11          0            4           22           38
              10          0            2           38           40
               9          0            0           51           38
               8          0            1           49           44
               7          0            4           62           36
               6          0            6           56           23
               5          0            1           41           15
               4          0            3           23           12
               3          0            1           17            9
               2          0            2            4            4
               1          0            0            3            0
               0(@)       0            0            1            2
               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     797 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    1.00     60.60*    28.86      9.03      0.25      0.25      0.00
      2   19.95     18.57     49.81*     5.52      5.40      0.75      0.00
      3    7.40      7.78     39.52     36.51*     8.28      0.50      0.00
      4   38.14      4.89     39.65*    12.05      4.39      0.88      0.00
      5    6.52     60.73*     9.03      3.51     19.70      0.50      0.00
      6   19.07     19.32     25.60*    18.82     15.68      1.51      0.00
      7   25.60     18.07*     7.28     43.66      4.77      0.50      0.13
      8   19.07     15.18     13.17     10.66     41.41*     0.50      0.00
      9   13.17     22.08     19.20     36.01*     7.65      1.88      0.00
     10    6.15      2.51      3.39     82.43*     4.64      0.75      0.13
     11    8.28      8.66     58.09*     9.28     14.43      1.25      0.00
     12    4.77      6.65     27.60     44.29*    15.56      1.00      0.13
     13   24.34     40.90     14.43*    11.79      7.28      1.25      0.00
     14   15.18     34.38*     4.64     23.21     20.45      1.88      0.25
     15   20.70     24.84     23.21*    12.92     13.93      4.14      0.25
     16    6.78      6.27     10.16     13.93*    59.97      2.76      0.13
     17   15.43      2.51     37.89      8.91     33.25*     2.01      0.00
     18   26.60     22.33     25.35*    15.81      6.40      3.39      0.13
     19   37.26*    22.46     16.19     10.66      9.28      3.64      0.50
     20   24.34*    22.71     21.96     17.31      7.90      5.52      0.25
     21   30.24     36.89     19.07*     4.39      4.14      5.27      0.00
     22   10.41     16.81     21.71     25.60     16.69*     8.41      0.38
     23   11.54     18.95*    28.23     14.43     15.43     11.04      0.38
     24   13.68     14.93*    23.09     16.81     20.20     11.29      0.00
     25   20.08*    21.71     17.82     13.43     14.30     12.67      0.00


   (*)  Correct Response

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