Kimberly Swygert, PhD

Kimberly Swygert is the director of Test Development Innovations at NBME. Her current projects include the piloting and implementation of automated item generation technology; implementing innovative test security methods; overseeing test construction, multimedia, and the development of applications that use natural language processing, machine learning, and other artificial intelligence technologies to support test development; and developing an artificial intelligence strategy for the organization.

A psychometrician for 24 years, Kimberly has a proven track record of excellence in the psychometric and health professions education fields across multiple domains, including applied psychometric work and research, test development, innovative item development, test construction and test security. She regularly presents at conferences, such as the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), the National Council for Measurement in Education and the Conference on Test Security, and has published chapters on item and test development in recent editions of Assessment for Health Professions Education and Handbook of Test Development.

Kimberly is on the Board of Directors for ATP, and she serves as a psychometric advisory panel member for organizations such as the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy and American Institute for Certified Public Accountants. In 2018, she was inducted as a fellow into the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. She received her doctorate in quantitative psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.