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Standard (Static) Proficiency Test Design: $160
Declared Double-Blind Proficiency Test Design: $195
Description: Different makes and models of firearms are used in the development of each testing cycle. This variation allows participants to be evaluated on their ability to accurately identify or eliminate fired ammunition components when different manufacturing processes are involved in the production of the firearms used.
Summer 2025 Firearms Identification Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: February 28, 2025
Distribution: Week of August 4, 2025
Answer Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025
Winter 2026 Firearms Identification Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: October 31, 2025
Distribution: Week of February 16, 2026
Answer Submission Deadline: May 18, 2026
Summer 2026 Firearms Identification Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: February 27, 2026
Distribution: Week of August 3, 2026
Answer Submission Deadline: November 2, 2026
Standard (Static) Proficiency Test Design: Each forensic practitioner will receive the same test samples as others in their laboratory, with the correct answers being the same. The test will be comprised of some of the same proficiency testing items used in the declared double-blind test design, and the samples that are used will be different for every testing cycle. The static proficiency tests will have the same purchase deadlines, distribution dates, and answer submission deadlines as the declared double-blind test designs.
Declared Double-Blind Test Design: Each forensic practitioner will receive a test composed of randomly selected unknown and/or known proficiency testing items, with the correct answers being specific to each test. Participants will be unable to gain information regarding the answers to their test through discussions with others participating in the same testing cycle or with those administering the test. These blind elements are incorporated into the design of our tests to reduce the effects of bias on testing results. Forensic Assurance proficiency tests are declared (the participant knows that they are taking a test).
Please contact Forensic Assurance to check availability for late-purchase tests.