2005 State Report for Rhode Island
Number of schools returning results 11
Average of school highest score 16.09
Average school team score 44.09
# of State Student Participants 621
Overall State Average Score 8.52
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 4.00
6th 36 5.78
7th 87 7.13
8th 490 8.98
Number of Female Students 320
Average Score of Female Students 7.94
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 4.00
6th 23 5.26
7th 42 6.38
8th 251 8.47
Number of Male Participants 296
Average Score of Male Participants 9.16
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 13 6.69
7th 44 7.84
8th 235 9.51
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 2 0 2
18 2 2 4
17 2 1 4
16 2 2 4
15 8 4 12
14 18 7 25
13 14 17 31
12 29 21 50
11 17 19 36
10 35 25 60
9 44 28 72
8 31 38 70
7 25 40 66
6 20 35 56
5 22 35 57
4 12 22 35
3 9 14 23
2 3 6 9
1 1 2 3
0 (@) 0 1 1
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 1 1
18 0 0 0 4
17 0 0 1 3
16 0 0 0 4
15 0 0 3 9
14 0 0 1 24
13 0 0 1 30
12 0 0 3 44
11 0 0 1 35
10 0 2 6 52
9 0 3 10 59
8 0 3 8 59
7 0 4 9 51
6 0 5 10 39
5 0 9 13 35
4 1 6 9 19
3 0 3 7 13
2 0 0 2 7
1 0 1 2 0
0(@) 0 0 0 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 621 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.97 58.45* 32.05 7.73 0.32 0.48 0.00
2 13.04 19.97 54.59* 6.28 5.31 0.81 0.00
3 9.50 9.18 35.91 35.10* 9.34 0.97 0.00
4 38.00 5.64 36.23* 14.17 5.48 0.48 0.00
5 8.70 51.69* 8.86 4.19 25.93 0.48 0.16
6 20.29 21.42 26.25* 15.78 15.30 0.97 0.00
7 27.38 15.94* 8.70 43.96 3.38 0.64 0.00
8 18.68 13.69 14.33 9.66 42.51* 0.81 0.32
9 15.94 24.48 22.06 29.15* 6.60 1.61 0.16
10 6.60 4.67 3.22 78.10* 5.96 1.29 0.16
11 11.11 7.89 55.72* 6.60 16.10 2.58 0.00
12 6.76 6.60 29.47 46.05* 9.98 1.13 0.00
13 23.35 43.80 19.32* 6.44 5.64 1.13 0.32
14 16.75 31.08* 9.02 21.10 19.32 2.58 0.16
15 20.13 26.25 24.80* 11.92 12.56 4.35 0.00
16 6.12 10.47 10.14 17.07* 54.11 1.77 0.32
17 12.24 2.90 32.85 5.80 44.12* 1.93 0.16
18 33.33 23.99 21.90* 13.85 4.35 2.42 0.16
19 35.27* 25.28 16.59 9.02 10.63 3.06 0.16
20 26.57* 24.80 21.42 16.43 6.44 4.35 0.00
21 31.88 34.46 19.81* 4.51 5.64 3.70 0.00
22 11.76 14.81 22.38 25.60 19.97* 5.31 0.16
23 11.76 21.10* 27.38 15.78 16.75 6.76 0.48
24 14.81 17.71* 24.80 17.39 18.20 7.09 0.00
25 23.67* 22.71 17.55 13.69 13.53 8.70 0.16
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem