The RDR, Registered Diplomate Reporter, is the highest certification

Certification

Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization. This confirmation is often, but not always, provided by some form of external review, education, assessment, or audit...

 offered by the National Court Reporters Association

National Court Reporters Association

The National Court Reporters Association, or NCRA, is an organization committed to advancing the profession of the court reporter, closed captioner, and real-time writer....

 (NCRA) for court reporters.

After completing the RDR test, reporters must maintain this certification by renewing NCRA membership and completing certain other requirements provided by the NCRA.

Eligibility

A reporter must already be a Registered Merit Reporter

Registered Merit Reporter

The RMR, Registered Merit Reporter, is the second highest certification offered by the NCRA, or National Court Reporters Association, for court reporters....

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Also, the reporter must have six continuous years of membership with the NCRA.

Unlike the RPR

Registered Professional Reporter

The Registered Professional Reporter is a nationally recognized certification program for court reporters in the United States. It is provided by the National Court Reporters Association ....

 and RMR

Registered Merit Reporter

The RMR, Registered Merit Reporter, is the second highest certification offered by the NCRA, or National Court Reporters Association, for court reporters....

, there is only one part a reporter must pass in order to obtain an RDR: a written knowledge

Knowledge

Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something unknown, which can include information, facts, descriptions, or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject...

 test.

There are currently over 350 Registered Diplomate Reporters in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Written Knowledge Test

The written knowledge

Knowledge

Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something unknown, which can include information, facts, descriptions, or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject...

 test is a 100- to 110-question

Question

A question may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. This information may be provided with an answer....

 exam that evaluates a reporter's knowledge in reporting, transcript

Transcript (law)

A transcript is a written record of spoken language. In court proceedings, a transcript is usually a record of all decisions of the judge, and the spoken arguments by the litigants' lawyers. A related term used in the US is docket, not a full transcript. The transcript is expected to be an exact...

 production, management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

, marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

, education

Education

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, and professional

Professional

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 issues.
The reporter has 105 minutes, compared to 90 minutes for RPR and RMR tests, to take this section and must obtain a score

Score (gaming)

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of at least 70% to pass.