2005 State Report for North Dakota            

           Number of schools returning results       16
           Average of school highest score        13.25
           Average school team score              36.63

           # of State Student Participants          464
           Overall State Average Score             8.15

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    6th               3          10.67
                    7th             178           7.59
                    8th             280           8.51



           Number of Female Students                226
           Average Score of Female Students        7.85

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   7th               89           7.19
                   8th              136           8.32



           Number of Male Participants              234
           Average Score of Male Participants      8.44

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   6th                3          10.67
                   7th               89           7.99
                   8th              142           8.67




                     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            1            0            1
                  19            1            0            1
                  18            3            1            4
                  17            1            0            1
                  16            3            0            3
                  15            5            4            9
                  14            3            8           11
                  13           11            4           16
                  12           11           12           23
                  11           19           16           35
                  10           26           18           44
                   9           22           22           44
                   8           24           29           54
                   7           25           35           60
                   6           34           22           56
                   5           20           30           52
                   4           17           10           27
                   3            5            9           14
                   2            1            4            5
                   1            1            1            2
                   0  (@)       0            1            1
                   0  ($)       1            0            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            1            0            0
              19          0            0            0            1
              18          0            0            1            3
              17          0            0            0            1
              16          0            0            0            3
              15          0            0            1            8
              14          0            0            4            7
              13          0            0            5           11
              12          0            0            7           16
              11          0            0           14           21
              10          0            0           17           27
               9          0            0           17           27
               8          0            0           17           37
               7          0            0           25           35
               6          0            2           25           29
               5          0            0           20           30
               4          0            0           11           15
               3          0            0            8            6
               2          0            0            3            2
               1          0            0            1            1
               0(@)       0            0            2            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     464 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.65     49.57*    41.16      8.19      0.22      0.22      0.00
      2   15.30     18.32     50.22*     5.82      9.70      0.43      0.22
      3    7.33      4.74     41.38     37.50*     8.84      0.22      0.00
      4   37.72      4.96     42.24*    11.42      3.02      0.65      0.00
      5    6.68     51.94*    11.42      5.39     24.14      0.43      0.00
      6   23.92     19.40     22.20*    19.18     14.44      0.86      0.00
      7   22.84     15.52*     9.27     48.06      3.66      0.43      0.22
      8   20.91     15.95     14.44      9.27     38.36*     1.08      0.00
      9   14.01     19.18     21.12     37.72*     6.90      1.08      0.00
     10    4.09      4.53      5.39     77.37*     7.76      0.86      0.00
     11   10.56      8.41     51.94*     7.54     20.47      1.08      0.00
     12    7.97      6.03     29.96     40.73*    14.66      0.65      0.00
     13   23.71     45.47     17.46*     8.84      3.45      0.65      0.43
     14   21.12     29.74*     6.90     22.41     17.46      2.16      0.22
     15   21.55     24.35     28.66*    10.34     10.99      4.09      0.00
     16    7.97      7.33      9.27     14.44*    59.05      1.94      0.00
     17   16.16      2.16     43.75      5.60     30.60*     1.72      0.00
     18   39.01     17.67     22.63*    13.79      4.53      2.16      0.22
     19   40.30*    24.14     14.66      9.05      9.05      2.16      0.65
     20   20.69*    24.78     22.41     16.59      9.27      5.82      0.43
     21   36.42     32.54     17.67*     5.17      3.88      3.88      0.43
     22   12.07     18.10     20.69     25.00     18.75*     4.96      0.43
     23    9.70     21.34*    27.16     15.30     19.40      7.11      0.00
     24   15.09     13.79*    31.25     15.73     17.24      6.90      0.00
     25   23.28*    23.92     18.97     13.79     12.72      7.33      0.00


   (*)  Correct Response

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