The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Scott McFarland, CEO, ProctorU. Before Covid-19 forced millions of students online, one of the companies that provides that service, ProctorU, caught people cheating on fewer than 1 percent of the 340,000 exams it administered from January through March. They could not say what happened to the students who allegedly hired him.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. I was an early critic of the proctoring industry, and it’s why I created Proctorio.” Online proctoring is not new. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis. “You

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 69

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a group of six Democratic senators sent letters last week to three proctoring companies—ExamSoft, Proctorio and ProctorU—inquiring about the technologies they use to monitor users, how they ensure accuracy and what steps they take to protect students’ privacy. Led by U.S.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Ref Rodriguez, like most of the current members of the LAUSD school board, has strong financial backing from the charter school industry. Via The LA Times : “ L.A. school board president faces felony charges over campaign contributions.” More LAUSD news in the legal section below.

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Student could read about the actual history of MIT, if they want to think about the ethical implications of their work, and its ties to the military industrial complex. ” Edsurge on “An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry.” ” Please stop.

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