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Licensure & Testing

Iowa State Licensure

National Certification

Federal Certification

Click here to visit the USCRA website for information on the Federal Certified Realtime Reporter Examination.

Iowa CSR

NCRA Written Knowledge Tests
NCRA Skills Tests

Please visit NCRA's website at www.ncraonline.org to find the next set of dates and to register.

Iowa Certified Shorthand Reporter Test:
 - AIB College of Business

Written Knowledge Test, Technical Q and A at 180 wpm; Nontechnical Q and A at 225 wpm; Nontechnical multivoice at 200 wpm, with one minute chosen for readback.

The written knowledge test consists of medical and legal terminology, court procedures, spelling, and Iowa Code Sections and Court Rules relating to shorthand reporters.  Accuracy of 70 percent is required to pass the written test.

If a person has passed the written examination within the past five years, it will not be necessary to take this portion again.

Each portion of the shorthand skills test is for five minutes; the 180 and 225 portions are transcribed; one minute of the multivoice is read back; and 95 percent accuracy on each portion is required to pass.

Applications, along with $50, must be on file with the Iowa Board of Examiners of Shorthand Reporters 30 days prior to the date of the test.  Applications may be obtained from the Iowa Board of Examiners of Shorthand Reporters, 1111 E. Court Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50319, 515-725-8029.