2005 State Report for Vermont
Number of schools returning results 6
Average of school highest score 15.67
Average school team score 42.50
# of State Student Participants 350
Overall State Average Score 7.62
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 16 5.06
7th 143 7.05
8th 185 8.19
Number of Female Students 164
Average Score of Female Students 7.24
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 10 4.80
7th 67 6.73
8th 86 7.88
Number of Male Participants 180
Average Score of Male Participants 7.86
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 6 5.50
7th 76 7.33
8th 97 8.39
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 1 0 1
20 0 0 0
19 0 0 0
18 0 0 0
17 0 0 0
16 2 1 3
15 2 1 4
14 1 1 2
13 7 2 9
12 13 7 23
11 10 12 23
10 15 17 32
9 23 14 37
8 14 14 28
7 23 19 42
6 28 24 52
5 17 23 41
4 10 18 28
3 10 6 16
2 3 5 8
1 1 0 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
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 0
23 0 0 0 0
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 0 0 0
19 0 0 0 0
18 0 0 0 0
17 0 0 0 0
16 0 0 1 2
15 0 0 1 2
14 0 0 1 1
13 0 0 3 6
12 0 0 7 15
11 0 0 8 14
10 0 0 8 22
9 0 0 12 25
8 0 0 15 13
7 0 2 16 24
6 0 6 25 21
5 0 4 18 18
4 0 1 14 13
3 0 1 9 6
2 0 2 4 2
1 0 0 1 0
0(@) 0 0 0 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 350 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.86 53.71* 34.86 9.71 0.86 0.00 0.00
2 20.57 20.29 46.57* 5.43 6.86 0.29 0.00
3 8.86 10.57 32.86 35.14* 11.71 0.86 0.00
4 48.57 6.57 30.86* 8.57 4.86 0.57 0.00
5 7.71 47.71* 9.43 3.14 31.14 0.57 0.29
6 23.71 19.43 25.14* 14.00 16.57 1.14 0.00
7 26.57 16.57* 7.71 44.86 4.29 0.00 0.00
8 22.86 16.86 15.71 9.14 33.43* 2.00 0.00
9 12.57 20.86 23.14 36.00* 5.43 2.00 0.00
10 7.71 4.29 6.00 72.00* 8.57 1.43 0.00
11 9.43 6.57 52.00* 11.71 17.71 2.57 0.00
12 8.00 5.14 32.57 36.57* 16.00 1.71 0.00
13 26.29 41.43 12.86* 10.57 7.71 1.14 0.00
14 21.71 32.00* 9.14 21.14 12.86 2.86 0.29
15 20.29 28.00 25.14* 11.43 9.43 5.71 0.00
16 8.57 11.71 12.29 9.71* 54.29 3.43 0.00
17 10.29 2.86 44.86 8.57 30.00* 3.43 0.00
18 38.29 20.00 18.29* 11.71 6.86 4.86 0.00
19 40.29* 26.86 13.43 6.86 7.43 5.14 0.00
20 26.57* 22.57 19.43 14.57 10.86 6.00 0.00
21 35.43 35.43 14.86* 5.43 4.00 4.86 0.00
22 14.00 17.43 26.86 20.29 13.71* 7.71 0.00
23 8.57 19.71* 29.43 19.43 13.71 9.14 0.00
24 11.71 15.43* 25.71 19.43 18.29 9.14 0.29
25 18.00* 20.29 21.71 17.43 12.86 9.71 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem