Oklahoma Association for Bilingual Education is a professional, nonprofit Association whose purposes relate primarily to bilingual education and include:

• Recognizing the value of all languages as assets to Oklahoma and the United States of America, to the exclusion of none

• Promoting the value of a multilingual citizenry

• Recognizing, promoting and publicizing programs of excellence

• Promoting efforts to assure equal educational opportunity

• Promoting the provision of linguistically and culturally appropriate education services to children, youth, and adults

• Promoting public understanding and appreciation of the linguistic and cultural needs of language-minority children, youth, and adults

• Promoting the development of standards of professional excellence in bilingual education

• Conducting educational workshops and conferences

• Encouraging research and publications

• Promoting the inclusion of English language learners/language-minority students in assessment systems that assess students in a language and form most likely to yield accurate and reliable information

• Serving as an advocate for language-minority children and families

• Cooperating in appropriate ways with other groups and associations having similar concerns.