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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 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

Her proctor had more information about the program, he told Cora, and was available to talk about any concern.

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

All suspicious behavior is now reviewed by one of the company’s approximately 1,300 proctors, most of whom are based abroad in cheaper labor markets.

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

Miss Lucy had mentioned that she lived with a group of proctors in a boardinghouse near the square.

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

To gain entry to the program, firms must meet a slate of requirements, among them certifying a minimum number of people in a proctored exam and meeting Anthropic’s bar for “deploying Claude responsibly,” Kadon added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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

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

“Students are asked to agree to these decisions, but they have no meaningful power not to consent,” said Guy McHendry, an associate professor at Creighton University, which has used Examity for some proctored exams.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2020

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

As it shows, when Escalante’s students were accused by the College Board of cheating on the 1982 AP exam, they were allowed another try on a test with different questions and heavy proctoring.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2022

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

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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