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A Lockdown Abroad Disrupts Testing at Home

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Students who were expecting to take online tests proctored by Examity received a notice that the service had been temporarily suspended. Upon logging on, they saw a message which said in part: “Due to staff safety concerns related to COVID-19, the Examity platform is temporarily down.

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Students Call for Hands-On Civic Education to Prepare Them for Democracy

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In recent years, a number of states have passed civics testing mandates to pressure students to become more civically active. Challenging the Gentrocacy Compared to test scores and academic performance, people often forget about how vital civic development is, says Jilli Jung, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University.

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