AACE STATEMENTS OF PURPOSE

Vision: The Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE) is an organization of counselors, educators, and other professionals that advances the counseling profession by providing leadership, training, and research in the creation, development, production, and use of assessment and diagnostic techniques.

Mission: The mission of AACE is to promote and recognize scholarship, professionalism, leadership, and excellence in the development and use of assessment and diagnostic techniques in counseling.

Purposes: AACE is positioned to fulfill seven fundamental purposes:

• Administration and Management - to provide long range planning, policies, organizational structure, operating procedures, and resources to fulfill AACE's missions;

• Professional Development - to promote professional development which enhances competence in assessment, evaluation, measurement, and research for counselors, counselor educators, and other professionals who develop or use assessment and diagnostic tools and techniques;

• Professionalization - to promote the professionalization of counseling through the appropriate use of assessment;

• Research and Knowledge - to promote the development and dissemination of knowledge regarding assessment procedures used in counseling;

• Human Development - to promote concern for human rights as integral to all assessment activities amd to serve as a resource to counselors, counselor educators, and other professionals concerning the assessment aspects of human development;

• Public Awareness and Support - to promote and support public policies and legislation that advance the appropriate use of assessment in optimizing human potential;

• International and Interprofessional Collaboration - to promote communication and collaboration between AACE and other professional organizations (national and international) in order to address common, assessment-related concerns.

2007-2008 AACE Executive Council

President: Donna Gibson, University of South Carolina

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