For schoolchildren struggling to read, COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball
Kids in need of remedial support already were vulnerable before the pandemic. Now theyâre facing educational ruin.
By Sarah Carr Globe Staff,Updated January 19, 2021, 9:32 a.m.
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Maureen Ronayne thought 2020 would be the year when, at long last, her 10-year-old son Daniel would learn to read at grade level. She and her husband had spent six years fighting to get Daniel, who is dyslexic, the supports he needed from the Medford public schools. Those included a spot at the school with the most reading support, a separate class at the school dedicated to reading remediation, and a private tutor funded partially by the district.
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The last thing UW-Madison junior Paige Leistner needed this semester was additional stress.
On top of a rocky transition to online classes, a fear of contracting COVID-19 and limited interactions with friends, Leistner also has to deal with another unsettling source of anxiety â the anti-cheating computer software that monitors her every move during an exam.
Welcome to the world of Honorlock, the online proctoring software more than 300 universities and colleges, including UW-Madison and Madison Area Technical College, have turned to for assistance in testing studentsâ knowledge during the pandemic.
Honorlock and other software systems with names like Proctorio, ExamSoft and ProctorU rely on a range of tools such as artificial intelligence, facial detection software, browser lockdown tools and eye-tracking technology to flag behaviors that could indicate students are cheating on their exams.