2005 State Report for New Mexico
Number of schools returning results 14
Average of school highest score 16.29
Average school team score 41.36
# of State Student Participants 793
Overall State Average Score 9.33
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 11.00
6th 182 8.44
7th 268 8.76
8th 337 10.28
Number of Female Students 376
Average Score of Female Students 8.82
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 11.00
6th 88 8.01
7th 128 8.61
8th 157 9.45
Number of Male Participants 409
Average Score of Male Participants 9.79
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 94 8.84
7th 136 8.89
8th 176 11.02
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 1 2
22 0 0 0
21 1 1 2
20 2 1 3
19 6 2 8
18 4 1 5
17 6 1 8
16 4 2 6
15 12 9 21
14 15 15 30
13 36 14 51
12 27 22 50
11 37 32 69
10 49 34 83
9 59 56 117
8 52 51 103
7 29 47 77
6 21 36 58
5 25 29 54
4 12 11 24
3 3 3 6
2 2 4 6
1 1 3 4
0 (@) 1 0 1
0 ($) 3 1 4
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0 1
24 0 0 0 0
23 0 0 0 2
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 1 1
20 0 0 0 3
19 0 0 1 7
18 0 0 0 5
17 0 1 1 6
16 0 2 1 3
15 0 2 4 15
14 0 4 7 19
13 0 8 13 29
12 0 10 20 20
11 1 14 23 31
10 0 17 28 37
9 0 26 46 45
8 0 27 44 31
7 0 26 19 31
6 0 17 20 21
5 0 14 22 18
4 0 9 9 6
3 0 4 2 0
2 0 0 1 4
1 0 1 1 2
0(@) 0 0 5 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 793 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.13 67.84* 23.33 6.81 0.25 0.63 0.00
2 12.86 20.43 55.86* 4.16 5.67 1.01 0.00
3 4.41 8.45 35.31 44.01* 7.06 0.76 0.00
4 30.01 4.04 49.31* 10.47 4.54 1.64 0.00
5 4.92 67.72* 6.81 4.41 15.26 0.76 0.13
6 17.40 21.31 26.23* 18.03 15.64 1.39 0.00
7 25.73 19.80* 8.70 41.11 3.78 0.88 0.00
8 17.40 10.59 11.35 10.34 49.05* 1.26 0.00
9 16.52 17.02 22.70 36.44* 6.31 1.01 0.00
10 3.28 3.53 2.90 86.00* 3.03 1.26 0.00
11 10.84 8.07 51.58* 9.33 17.53 2.52 0.13
12 2.77 5.67 22.19 53.34* 14.50 1.51 0.00
13 25.09 46.66 18.41* 5.30 3.40 1.13 0.00
14 17.15 30.39* 5.42 23.71 21.31 2.02 0.00
15 20.55 25.60 27.99* 12.74 9.84 3.28 0.00
16 4.41 10.09 11.98 18.28* 53.22 1.77 0.25
17 13.37 3.28 30.39 8.58 41.87* 2.27 0.25
18 27.99 19.92 29.00* 13.75 5.30 4.04 0.00
19 36.32* 28.37 17.15 7.19 6.81 4.16 0.00
20 24.72* 21.69 26.61 13.75 7.69 5.55 0.00
21 26.23 38.21 19.67* 6.31 4.16 5.42 0.00
22 11.60 14.12 21.19 31.40 14.88* 6.68 0.13
23 10.72 24.21* 29.51 11.98 14.50 8.95 0.13
24 14.00 16.39* 22.82 17.78 20.05 8.95 0.00
25 23.58* 22.70 18.92 13.49 11.35 9.96 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem