While proctored exams have been adopted widely to ensure the academic integrity of online education among colleges and universities, the impact of different proctored environments on student exam performance in online economics courses remains largely unknown. This study aims to shed light on this unexplored area of research. Specifically, the study collects data from an online graduate-level course in economics, in which a proctored final exam is required, and then empirically examines the difference in exam performance between students who take the final exam using remote online proctoring services and students who take the final exam using traditional on-site proctoring services. The findings suggest a significant difference between the two proctored environments, in which the average score for the final exam proctored onsite at testing centers is higher than the average score for the final exam administered through the remote online proctoring services. For economic education specialists, the study provides meaningful implications regarding the potential effects of different proctoring methods on student exam performance, as well as an essential starting point for further investigation on the development of appropriate test proctoring procedures to ensure consistency and standardization across online economics courses.

尽管监考考试已被广泛采用以确保高校在线教育的学术完整性，但在网络经济学课程中不同监考环境对学生考试成绩的影响仍然未知。这项研究旨在阐明这一尚未探索的研究领域。具体而言，该研究从在线经济学一级的研究生课程中收集数据，该课程要求进行督导式期末考试，然后根据经验研究使用远程在线督导服务参加期末考试的学生与参加远程考试的学生之间考试成绩的差异使用传统的现场指导服务进行期末考试。研究结果表明，这两种受管环境之间存在显着差异，其中，在考试中心现场监督的期末考试的平均分数高于通过远程在线监督服务进行的期末考试的平均分数。对于经济教育专家而言，该研究对不同监考方法对学生考试成绩的潜在影响提供了有意义的启示，同时也是进一步研究开发适当考试监考程序以确保整个在线经济学课程的一致性和标准化的重要起点。 。