Which statement best captures CAPTE's mission?

• A. Promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity to elevate the educational community, profession, and public by advancing quality in physical therapy education and practice.
• B. Transform physical therapy education to empower innovation and excellence for all populations served.
• C. Promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity, as we foster continuous improvement to elevate the educational community, profession and public by furthering quality in physical therapy education and practice.
• D. Protect the public by administering licensure examinations for physical therapists.

Answer: (C)

CAPTE's mission combines a commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity with a drive for continuous improvement that raises standards across physical therapy education and practice. The best statement captures both elements and links them to a broad impact—elevating the educational community, the profession, and the public by furthering quality in PT education and practice. Other options miss one of these essential pieces: some emphasize inclusive values without the explicit ongoing improvement focus, others push transformation without anchoring it in these inclusive aims, and one centers on licensure activities, which is not CAPTE's accreditation role.