<p>Haz,</p>
<p>As I said, there is a lot more data in those documents than my very short summary. I believe that with the information in these reports you can make an 'educated guess' what the cut-off will be because it is supposed to be the top .5% of test takers in a particular state with the commended cut-off as the national number.</p>
<p>Using the numbers, in RI they expanded the eligible pool by almost 50% so I would expect the number of students that earn NMS will increase a bit. With the average going down over 6 points I would also expect the NMS cut-off to go down a bit. As the cut-off number goes down in a particular state the mix between Commended and NMS changes. So I would expect that instead of 2:1 Commended:NMS in RI it may change to something like 3:2. Again, all just educated guesses nothing exact.</p>
<p>I am not sure what information you are looking for. Is it the number of graduating seniors in a particular state? If so, the PSAT numbers for junior year should be a fairly good approximation since you have to take the PSAT to qualify for NMS.</p>