NCIC certification, administered statewide.
nexTEST is the market leader in State and NCIC certification testing, training, and tracking, with workflows built around how each user type actually works.
Certification is administered by three distinct user types, each with its own workflow in nexTEST.
State administrators running certification across every agency in the state, and setting what each agency's admins are allowed to do.
Agency administrators, often the Terminal Agency Coordinator, managing certification for their own agency's personnel.
Assistant administrators who share user management and reporting for an agency.
How does NCIC certification testing work in nexTEST?
Four stages repeat on every NCIC certification testing cycle, for every person, across every agency in the state.
Assign
Assign training programs and tests to each user by role.
Test
Personnel take NCIC certification testing through nexTEST on their own schedule, with feedback on each question. nexTEST flags any unanswered questions before grading.
Certify
Results are instant: the expiration date updates the moment someone passes, and the certificate prints right away. Status is visible to the agency's admins and to the state.
Renew
Expirations are tracked ahead of time, and admins get email reminders before certifications expire, so recertification happens before access lapses.
What does nexTEST give a state administrator?
Bulk control over certification for an entire state, with room to add the other training your state requires.
Manage certification across every agency in the state from one place, rather than agency by agency.
Full Admins add agencies and users, assign agency Admins, and decide exactly what each Admin can do — from view-only to full edit of user profiles, certification levels, expiration dates, and test history. Admins manage their own agency’s people and appoint Assistant Admins.
Upload your own HTML5 training packages or PDFs and manage them through testing, live, and archived versions, with only one version live at a time. Build and edit tests with multiple choice, true/false, yes/no, and fill-in-the-blank questions, as random or static tests. Set categories, how many questions to show, required questions, pass percentage, and time limit, and changes take effect immediately.
nexTEST integrates with third-party message switch vendors for user account synchronization, certification date updates, and front-end authentication, so users and agencies stay current without anyone re-keying them.
Cybersecurity training and training uploaded by your agency or state live together in a single Additional Trainings section in nexTEST, so there is one place to find everything assigned.
Full Admin, Admin, and Assistant Admin are distinct user types, each with its own workflow.
Reporting
What reports does nexTEST include?
Six reports cover who is certified, who is about to expire, and how the tests themselves are performing. Admins can also get user activity reports by email.
Test records kept for audits
Every completed test is stored permanently, so you can show an auditor exactly who tested, when, and how they scored.
Expiration reports
Who is coming due for recertification, before access lapses.
Activity reports
Testing activity across users and agencies.
Question statistics
How each question performs, so weak questions are easy to spot.
Category statistics
Results broken out by test category.
Average test time
How long people take to complete each test.
Pass and fail statistics
Full pass and fail results for every test.
See nexTEST in action
Tell us how your state administers NCIC certification today.
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