proctoringn.
/ˈprɒkt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈprɑkt(ə)rɪŋ/ The act of officiating as a university proctor; the act or an instance of disciplining or supervising a student. In later use (U.S. Education): the supervising of written examinations; invigilating; cf. proctor v. 3, proctored adj.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > examining > supervising examination
proctoring1676
invigilation1881
invigilating1882
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. F3 If a man went out by night on Tranelling, or Bat-fowling, or Proctoring, he might catch these Exposers by Dozens.
1853 Littell's Living Age 24 Sept. 820/1 Proctors were always taking me up on suspicion, and discharging me with apologies;—the proctoring became known—the apologies were never heard of.
1905 Harvard Crimson (Electronic ed.) 3 Mar. The holder of this stipend will do no other work, such as tutoring, or proctoring in examinations.
1952 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 23 104 The faculty of the University of Wisconsin has voted in favor of better examination proctoring.
1990 Appl. Linguistics 11 202 Ten staff were allocated to proctoring and moderation, leaving twenty available for actual testing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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