Our constitution sets out our mission. In practice, we include the following aims in what we do:

• establish quality standards and principles of good practice for all stages of the language testing process;
• promote transnational recognition of language certification;
• improve the quality of language assessment through joint projects, sharing best practice, and the work of special interest groups
• provide training and enhance assessment literacy among language professionals and the wider community;
• raise awareness of issues relating to language testing through regular meetings;
• promote the benefits of plurilingualism/multilingualism and language learning;
• provide thought leadership through international conferences;
• achieve positive impact on educational processes and on society in general.

These are often broken down into three overarching areas: Setting Standards, Sustaining Diversity and Maximising Impact: