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Research in Middle Level Education Online (RMLE Online) is an international peer-reviewed research journal published by the Association for Middle Level Education, formerly National Middle School Association. The journal publishes quantitative and qualitative studies, case studies, action research studies, research syntheses, integrative reviews, and interpretations of research literature. AMLE's Research Advisory Committee provides guidance for the publication.

The Middle Level Education Research (MLER) Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) endorses RMLE Online.

Karen Weller Swanson, Ed. D., Editor
Mercer University - Atlanta

ISSN 1940-4476