2005 State Report for Indiana
Number of schools returning results 76
Average of school highest score 17.70
Average school team score 48.04
# of State Student Participants 4407
Overall State Average Score 9.94
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 22 7.50
6th 524 8.76
7th 1129 9.43
8th 2649 10.41
Number of Female Students 2090
Average Score of Female Students 9.49
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 8.60
6th 233 8.15
7th 515 9.04
8th 1312 9.94
Number of Male Participants 2198
Average Score of Male Participants 10.31
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 16 7.06
6th 285 9.25
7th 597 9.74
8th 1286 10.84
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 4 2 6
23 4 0 4
22 4 4 9
21 9 2 11
20 22 4 26
19 17 11 32
18 31 15 47
17 43 20 68
16 79 44 126
15 109 63 180
14 122 96 226
13 136 122 267
12 211 181 406
11 219 222 458
10 213 221 445
9 244 236 486
8 208 237 450
7 165 195 366
6 126 153 288
5 97 127 230
4 71 65 142
3 45 34 79
2 10 24 34
1 2 8 10
0 (@) 2 0 2
0 ($) 5 4 9
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 5
23 0 0 0 4
22 0 0 1 8
21 0 0 4 7
20 0 1 4 21
19 0 3 7 22
18 0 2 8 37
17 0 6 15 45
16 0 9 26 89
15 0 17 43 115
14 0 13 52 155
13 2 20 61 179
12 0 44 95 258
11 0 42 103 303
10 4 48 102 284
9 2 61 128 290
8 3 58 130 250
7 3 55 100 203
6 1 46 84 152
5 4 40 71 109
4 2 29 43 63
3 0 19 25 34
2 1 8 15 10
1 0 3 5 2
0(@) 0 0 6 4
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 4407 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.95 66.28* 23.89 8.28 0.23 0.32 0.05
2 9.39 15.09 69.00* 2.84 3.24 0.39 0.05
3 5.15 7.03 33.74 44.16* 9.10 0.82 0.00
4 25.39 4.13 57.11* 9.12 3.29 0.93 0.02
5 6.19 66.55* 7.81 3.31 15.68 0.41 0.05
6 17.99 19.58 30.00* 15.70 15.18 1.54 0.00
7 25.39 23.01* 8.74 39.62 2.59 0.61 0.05
8 15.25 11.73 11.01 9.03 52.17* 0.70 0.11
9 13.84 22.58 18.83 36.08* 6.65 2.02 0.00
10 3.49 2.93 3.06 86.14* 3.54 0.84 0.00
11 7.60 7.17 66.39* 6.15 11.21 1.43 0.05
12 4.42 5.65 22.40 55.59* 10.57 1.25 0.11
13 18.02 48.17 21.60* 6.06 4.72 1.38 0.05
14 14.86 33.72* 5.90 22.51 20.90 2.06 0.05
15 21.01 23.53 25.87* 12.68 13.12 3.68 0.11
16 4.63 8.87 10.96 20.04* 52.80 2.59 0.11
17 12.80 2.88 30.88 6.90 44.29* 2.09 0.16
18 26.37 19.29 30.61* 15.29 4.95 3.36 0.14
19 38.10* 25.53 16.70 7.08 8.33 4.15 0.11
20 26.09* 22.46 21.44 16.75 6.56 6.60 0.09
21 25.21 36.69 22.94* 5.67 4.74 4.65 0.09
22 11.19 15.63 20.97 27.55 17.52* 6.97 0.18
23 10.32 20.83* 27.05 15.79 16.29 9.46 0.25
24 14.14 15.84* 23.58 17.79 18.65 9.98 0.02
25 24.01* 23.46 17.29 13.77 10.82 10.64 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem