JMER Volume 13

Multilingual Education Research (JMER) is a publication of the New York State Associationfor Bilingual Education.Its distinct orientation reflects what is most important to researchers, specialists, and educators in the fields of multilingualism and multilingual education.JMER is a vehicle to disseminate changes and growth of knowledge in a variety of national language education issues that have local and regional relevance.It responds to the emerging needs and interests of teachers, administrators, teacher educators, researchers, counselors, psychologists, advocates, and community leaders whose work focuses on the successful education of multilingual students.