The iTest announced earlier tonight the impending launch of the iTest Ranking System and the Tournament of Champions to be held in March.

Think "March Madness" ... the top 64 students, as determined by a composite index score based on the iTest, the AMC 12, and the USAMTS (both others are national competitions) will square off in one-on-one seeded matches until one winner remains.

Over the course of the year, the rankings of students based on these indicators will be kept on the iTest website, and virtual trophies will be awarded to students (to be shown on their iTest page profiles) over the course of the year.

It's an exciting new program for the iTest as its both a great way to keep students engaged in mathematics education over the course of the year, as well as a nice opportunity to hold a unique style of competition to bookend the year with iTest events. A competition like this, held online and designed to pit the best of the best against one another, doesn't exist outside of this new Tournament of Champions. It should be a lot of fun to design and implement in time for March '07.