ORA

To ensure fair and unbiased testing, the BFDE has contracted with Occupational Research and Assessment (ORA) to administer, proctor and score the examinations. ORA is a professional test development and test management company. Steven Clark, Ph.D., director of ORA, worked with a team of forensic document examiners to write a national test that meets the requisite standards of validity and reliability. Test development is an ongoing process and ORA continually works with the test development team so that the test questions and database vary and remain current in the face of relevant new research and technological changes within the profession. The goal of the BFDE is to provide a credential that the legal community can rely upon when selecting a forensic document examiner. Certification testing is the best practical solution for a profession in which no degree specific to the discipline is offered at any accredited college or university.

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