KimberlySwygert.com
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My name is Kimberly Swygert, and I'm a Senior Psychometrician at a non-profit large-scale high-stakes standardized testing organization. I prefer not to say which one, not because I don't like this place, but because I want to ensure as much as possible that my opinions posted on this blog are not confused with the official opinions of my employers.
My job is similar to other jobs in my field in that it requires a Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology, Educational Measurement, or Psychometrics, and that my work requirements include both theoretical research and operational duties. Translated, that means I must spend time thinking up new ways of assessing people and also make sure that the current tests we use get administered and scored on time.
For those of you interested in more detail about my work, I am primarily responsible for managing the operational issues, equating, and scoring of high-stakes performance-based licensure exam. Major projects of mine include an investigation of methods for estimating item difficulty on performance assessment, and methods of standard setting for high-stakes exams. Other projects on which I currently work (or have previously worked) include an investigation into the possibility of using computer algorithms to score written performance assessment notes, the feasibility of using video equating on performance-based assessments, and an investigation of predictors of item difficulty on performance-based assessments. In general, I'd say I'm interested in a lot of issues surrounding equating, standard setting, and perfomance-based assessments.
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English
Contact
- Private
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- Upper Darby PA
- United States 19082
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- +1.4844618208
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