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proctor

[prok-ter] / ˈprɒk tər /




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When applying for a contract job at Mercor, applicants and former workers said they sat for a recorded interview with an unseen AI proctor.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune also admitted to paying Singer $100,000 to have a proctor correct her two daughters’ ACT exam answers.

From Seattle Times Jan. 4, 2023

The proctor administering an exam in his pre-calc class this spring leaned in and whispered, “What are you doing here?” as Beyer handed in his test.

From Washington Post Dec. 28, 2022

But it was canceled because no teaching assistant was available to proctor.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2022

“I only have a moment,” the proctor said.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Princeton just revised its 133-year-old honor code to require exam proctors because cheating has become so temptingly easy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Quiet descended as proctors distributed booklets for Round 1: nine Sudoku puzzles, with a 45-minute time limit.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2023

Kayla and Kellie had turned in test papers with what the proctors deemed unusual similarities.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2022

Another service, Examity, uses live human proctors to watch students take tests through Zoom.

From The Verge Feb. 16, 2022

The proctors arranged the socials to foster healthy relations between colored men and women, and to undo some of the damage to their personalities wrought by slavery.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

This type of assessment has to be proctored effectively and done silently.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Dr. Radhakrishnan, 33, was going through a similar process, proctored by his father, using the same website.

From New York Times May 27, 2022

Both Detect and Cue offer proctored tests on a video call, which give you verified results and easy documentation for traveling.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2022

We drove to a larger town in search of Wi-Fi so I could take a medical school exam proctored on Zoom.

From Seattle Times Jan. 14, 2022

This year, the teammates took the tests from their homes, proctored over Zoom, through a Google Chrome program.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2021

Some classes have started reintroducing proctoring - the supervision of candidates during an examination - and spoken-word tests to avoid cheating, she said.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Faculty voted to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing a policy set in place in 1893.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Detect’s hub is small enough to carry for travel, and telehealth proctoring costs an extra $20.

From The Verge Jun. 3, 2022

After examining online proctoring software that medical students at Dartmouth College claimed had wrongly flagged them, Mr. Quintin suggested that schools have outside experts review evidence of cheating.

From New York Times May 27, 2022

In some colleges the honor system is found, under which even proctoring at examinations does not exist, as all disciplinary matters, including the decision in serious offenses like cheating, rest with the student council.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper




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