I’m Linda, and I served on the National Court Reporters Association’s Scopist Task Force as well as the Scopist Certification Subcommittee that wrote the first scopist certification exam. Although our team completed the exam, the NCRA chose not to administer it at that time.
Our committee’s first assignment was to define, in detail, the competencies a professional scopist must demonstrate. That work produced an NCRA document called “The Scopist Job Analysis.” When I designed the curriculum for Internet Scoping School (ISS), I mapped every lesson to that analysis. The result is comprehensive coverage of the skills reporters and employers expect: transcript production from raw steno, mastery of grammar and punctuation, legal and medical terminology, efficient internet research, managing reporter preferences, CAT software workflows (Eclipse, Case CATalyst), formatting and style consistency, ethics and confidentiality, file management, and rigorous quality control.
There’s encouraging news on the horizon: I’ve heard renewed conversations about bringing an NCRA-backed scopist certification to life. If that happens, the Job Analysis and the test blueprint would need updating, but the foundation already exists. You can expect ISS to respond immediately with refreshed lessons, targeted study guides, practice exams, mock transcript evaluations, and live Q&A support—everything you need to feel confident on test day.
Until then, our commitment remains the same: prepare you for real-world excellence and align your training with recognized professional standards. Whether your goal is to launch a new career or validate years of experience, ISS is designed to help you meet—and exceed—industry expectations. And if NCRA certification becomes available, we’ll be ready on day one to guide you from training to credential.
Your success as a professional scopist is our mission. When the opportunity to become certified arrives, Internet Scoping School will lead the way, just as we have from the start.
