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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, John Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of PLATO Learning, Inc.,
certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PLATO Learning,
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|4. |  | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant
and we have: (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared; (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based
on such evaluation; and (c) disclosed in this report any change in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal
control over financial reporting.
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|5. |  | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants
board of directors: (a) all significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

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|Date: September 15, 2003 |  | /s/ John Murray        
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|                         |  | President and          
|                         |  | Chief Executive Officer