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When the Association for Assessment in Counseling was formed as the American
Personnel and Guidance Association (April, 1965), its initial Bylaws declared
its purpose to be:
The
purpose of AMEG, as originally defined, shall be to provide leadership
in measurement and evaluation within the framework of APGA. To achieve
this purpose, AMEG shall:
- Provide
a forum for the discussion of ethical, social, and technical problems
related to measurement and evaluation within the guidance area.
- Improve
the standards of professional service in the field of measurement and
evaluation in guidance by:
- Identifying
problems and concerns relating to the use of tests and other evaluative
devices within the guidance area;
- Stimulating
research and developmental activities relating to these problems;
and
- Disseminating
the results of research relating to the development of new devices
and techniques in measurement and evaluation with practical
significance for the guidance fields.
- Promote
better communication between the producers of measurement and evaluation
devices and consumers working in the guidance area.
- Promote
greater technical competency in the use and interpretation of
measurement and evaluation devices in guidance work.
Bruce
Thompson presented a review of the Division's history in the January/February,
1992, issue of the Journal of Counseling and Development.
Since its inception in 1965, AACE as an organization and many of its individual
members have assumed national leadership roles in promoting responsible
use of measurement instruments, including their selection, administration,
scoring, interpretation, and communication. AACE has been represented
on major groups engaged in the development of standards for measurement
and evaluation, including the AACED/AMECD position statement on the Responsibilities
of Users of Standardized Tests, the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational
Evaluation's statement of standards for evaluation of educational programs,
projects and materials, and the Joint Committee on Testing Practices (JCTP).
In
1974, AMEG published its first monograph, "The Forest, Trees, Branches,
and Leaves, Revisited: Norm, Domain, Objective, and Criterion-Referenced
Assessments for Educational Assessment and Evaluation," by J.
Richard Harsh. In 1978, with NVGA, AMEG co-sponsored publication
of a series of monographs on "How to Improve Career Development
Programs" based on analyses of the results of the Career and Occupational
Development Tests of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
In
October, 1980, the Association for Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling
and Development Statement on "Legislation Affecting Testing for Selection
in Educational and Occupational Programs" was published. In
December, 1981, "PRO-TEST, A Response From the Association for Measurement
and Evaluation in Counseling and Development," edited by Donald G.
Zytowski, appeared in the Fall issue of NEWSNOTES.
Continuing
this long history, in March, 1993, AACE published its booklet, "Multicultural
Assessment Standards: A Compilation for Counselors," edited
by Dale Prediger.
AACE
has flourished and has expanded its sphere of professional influence
under the leadership of its presidents. These presidents have been:
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1965-1966
1966-1967
1967-1968
1968-1969
1969-1970
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Harold
Seashore
Benjamin
Shimberg
Leo
Goldman
Walter
Durost
Warren
Findley
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The
Psychological Corporation
Educational
Testing Service
City
University of New York
University of New Hampshire
University
of Georgia
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1970-1971
1971-1972
1972-1973
1973-1974
1974-1975
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Robert
Stoughton
James
Ricks
Gene
Wysong
Frank
Womer
Esther
Diamond
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Conn.
State Dept. of Education
The
Psychological Corporation
University
of Toledo
University of Michigan
Science
Research Associates
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1975-1976
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978-1979
1979-1980
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Anita
Mitchell
Charles
Dolan
Frank
Biasco
William
Mehrens
Donald
Zytowski
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Southwest
Regional Laboratory
University
of Bridgeport
University
of West Florida
Michigan State University
Iowa
State University
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1980-1981
1981-1982
1982-1983
1983-1984
1984-1985
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Muriel
Thomson
William
Schafer
Larry
Loesch
Donald
Hood
John
Stewart
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Los
Angeles County Schools
University
of Maryland
University
of Florida
Educational
Testing Service
CTB/McGraw-Hill
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1985-1986
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
1989-1990
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Alan
Robertson
George
Grisdale
Jane
Myers
Jo-Ida
C. Hansen
Charles
Eberly
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City
University of New York
Oakland
Schools, Pontiac, Mich.
University
of Florida
University of Minnesota
Eastern
Illinois University
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1990-1991
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
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Bruce
Thompson
Patricia
B. Elmore
Marjorie
M. Mastie
Dale
J. Prediger
Thomas F. Harrington
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Texas
A & M University
Southern
Illinois University
Washtenaw
Int. School District
American College Testing
Northeastern
University
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1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
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Nicholas
A. Vacc
Joseph
R. Kandor
F.
Robert Wilson
Timothy
Vansickle
John
Fremer
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Univ.
of North Carolina - Greensboro
State
Univ. of New York - Brockport
University
of Cincinnati
Riverside Publishing
Educational
Testing Service
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2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006 |
Gerald A. Junke
Patrica Jo
McDivitt
Janet
Wall Bradley
Erford
David Lundberg
Brian Glaser |
Univ.
of North Carolina - Greensboro
Harcourt
Educational Measurement
Sage
Solutions
Loyola College, Maryland
North Carolina A&T State
University
University of Georgia |
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