AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION (AACTE)

AACTE and its predecessors reflect educator preparation's evolution from normal schools to colleges to comprehensive universities. The Association's more than 700 member institutions include private, state, and municipal colleges and universities - both large and small - located in every state, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Together, they graduate more than 85 percent of new school personnel entering the profession each year in the United States. In addition, AACTE has a small but growing number of affiliate members, including state departments of education, educational laboratories and centers, and foreign institutions and organizations.