This report provides selected results from the 2002 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for Arkansas' public-school students at grades 4 and 8. Since 1992, reading has been assessed in four different years at the state level (at grade 4 in 1992 and 1994, and at both grades 4 and 8 in 1998 and 2002). Arkansas participated in all of these assessments at grades 4 and 8 and met the criteria for reporting public-school results for both grades. Key findings for grade 4 are: the average scale score for students in Arkansas was 213, which did not differ significantly from that of 1992 (211) nor 1998 (209); students' scale scores in Arkansas were higher than those in 10 jurisdictions, lower than those in 29 jurisdictions, and the difference was not found to be significant for 8 jurisdictions; and the percentage of students in Arkansas who performed at or above the "Proficient" level was 26%, which was not found to differ significantly from than that in 1992 (23%) nor 1998 (23%). Key findings for grade 8 are: the average scale score for students in Arkansas was 260, which was higher than that in 1998 (256); students' scale scores in Arkansas were higher than those in 10 jurisdictions, lower than those in 24 jurisdictions, and the difference was not found to be significant for 12 jurisdictions; and the percentage of students in Arkansas who performed at or above the "Proficient" level was 27%, which was not found to differ significantly from that in 1998 (23%). After an introduction, the report presents overall results, comparisons between states, reading performance by demographic characteristics, and it discusses moving toward a more inclusive NAEP, and where to find more information. (PM)