2005 State Report for Tennesee
Number of schools returning results 25
Average of school highest score 17.12
Average school team score 46.32
# of State Student Participants 2058
Overall State Average Score 9.33
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 33 5.55
6th 287 6.88
7th 709 8.99
8th 1015 10.40
Number of Female Students 855
Average Score of Female Students 8.53
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 11 6.18
6th 146 6.55
7th 282 8.36
8th 408 9.44
Number of Male Participants 1180
Average Score of Male Participants 9.90
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 22 5.23
6th 141 7.21
7th 421 9.37
8th 592 11.09
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 1 1
23 1 0 1
22 3 0 3
21 1 1 2
20 4 1 5
19 9 0 10
18 13 3 16
17 25 8 34
16 33 6 41
15 50 21 71
14 65 22 90
13 77 37 114
12 98 45 143
11 111 85 197
10 127 70 198
9 122 112 237
8 125 100 227
7 104 110 216
6 66 78 146
5 65 60 126
4 40 55 98
3 25 21 47
2 13 14 27
1 3 4 7
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 0
24 0 0 0 1
23 0 0 0 1
22 0 0 0 3
21 0 0 0 2
20 0 0 1 4
19 0 0 3 7
18 0 1 1 14
17 0 0 9 25
16 0 0 12 29
15 0 3 17 51
14 0 3 26 60
13 0 4 38 72
12 0 9 43 89
11 0 13 65 118
10 4 13 80 99
9 0 19 96 121
8 2 43 79 101
7 6 48 70 92
6 5 32 60 47
5 4 43 47 32
4 6 26 34 31
3 1 16 18 11
2 3 12 7 4
1 2 2 2 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 2058 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.73 61.81* 29.54 7.63 0.15 0.15 0.00
2 13.27 19.34 58.84* 3.79 4.23 0.53 0.00
3 4.96 7.92 38.00 40.57* 7.87 0.68 0.00
4 30.22 4.96 50.00* 10.06 3.94 0.83 0.00
5 8.45 55.15* 8.79 4.57 22.74 0.19 0.10
6 16.33 19.19 30.47* 19.19 14.24 0.58 0.00
7 24.73 20.21* 7.43 43.97 3.01 0.63 0.00
8 14.77 11.22 12.54 8.55 51.75* 0.87 0.29
9 13.90 21.53 19.24 36.30* 7.19 1.85 0.00
10 3.55 3.16 3.94 84.31* 4.62 0.44 0.00
11 8.21 7.19 63.90* 7.14 12.05 1.51 0.00
12 5.39 6.41 23.66 51.21* 12.49 0.73 0.10
13 20.65 46.99 19.19* 7.09 5.05 0.97 0.05
14 14.92 31.68* 6.46 23.13 21.77 1.99 0.05
15 18.61 24.83 28.43* 12.05 12.73 3.30 0.05
16 5.49 7.68 11.95 15.01* 58.11 1.60 0.15
17 12.15 2.77 31.39 6.37 46.11* 1.17 0.05
18 27.11 20.89 28.72* 16.03 4.86 2.28 0.10
19 36.69* 24.10 18.12 8.16 9.52 3.26 0.15
20 24.30* 24.10 23.13 16.33 6.27 5.78 0.10
21 25.41 37.61 23.76* 5.34 4.28 3.55 0.05
22 10.64 16.23 23.32 27.75 16.52* 5.30 0.24
23 11.66 21.28* 28.13 15.35 15.60 7.77 0.19
24 13.70 14.29* 26.97 17.69 18.90 8.41 0.05
25 22.35* 25.02 19.39 12.93 10.30 10.01 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem