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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:
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Administration
and Management: to provide long range planning, policies,
organizational structure, operating procedures, and resources to fulfill
AACE's missions;
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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;
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Professionalization:
to promote the professionalization of counseling through the appropriate
use of assessment;
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Research and
Knowledge: to promote the development and dissemination of
knowledge regarding assessment procedures used in counseling;
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Human Development:
to promote concern for human rights as integral to all assessment activities
and to serve as a resource to counselors, counselor educators, and other
professionals concerning the assessment aspects of human development;
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Public Awareness
and Support: to promote and support public policies and legislation
that advance the appropriate use of assessment in optimizing human potential;
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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.
Pam Lassiter joins ACA Research
Award Winner, Catharina Chang and AACE Student Research Award
Winner, Danicka Hays at the 2004 ACA Convention.
To become better
acquainted with AACE, please browse the History of the Association and its Vision,
Mission, and Fundamental Purposes. For reference, its By-Laws and Handbook
(Vol. 1 and
Vol. 2)
have been included.
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