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proctor

[prok-ter] / ˈprɒk tər /




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She applied and soon landed an interview, conducted by an unseen AI proctor with a male-sounding voice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

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

These are the workers who conduct study sessions, offer crunch-time tutoring, read term papers, and proctor and grade exams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

The next month, two hours before a General Chemistry II test, the university’s testing service told Mr. Ogletree in an email that the proctor would be checking his work area before the exam.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022

The proctor wrote down her mother’s name and promised to check the master records in the Griffin Building.

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

It goes back to the 19th century, when students petitioned to eliminate proctors during examinations, according to the student newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

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

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022

Recently, these proctors discovered that Rekognition was mistakenly registering faces in photos or posters as additional people in the room.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2022

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

From The Verge ● Feb. 16, 2022

One of the proctors interrupted them, an older woman named Roberta who often coordinated with the Placement Office.

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

Since then, I’ve used only work done in a proctored environment in computing my students’ grades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 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

For more than a century, Princeton University prided itself on an honor code so revered that proctoring during exams was banned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Not only are the tests portable but also telehealth proctoring sessions can be scheduled last minute without you having to scramble to get to an in-person PCR testing location.

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

One very important college duty, the proctoring of examinations, which would seem to be an entirely legitimate function of the Student Government Association, the students themselves have not as yet been willing to assume.

From The Story of Wellesley by Florence Converse




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