Re: excellent kids' book

["Jean M. Ward" <jmward@QWEST.NET>]

I just ordered "Testing Miss Malarkey" on Amazon.com and can't wait to
get it.  It is a book for kids 4-8 yrs. old and Mickey is right. It's
been given a 5 star rating and it focuses on how everyone, from parents
to students to teachers, are "teaching to a standardized test" and the
resulting pandemonium.

I also will use it to show that this is a "real" phenomenon, not just
something we dreamed up. And it will demonstrate to my 3rd grader that
adults can sometimes be very "stupid" and "unreasonable" with how they
deal with things.

Jean Ward
Bonney Lake, WA

WE WON'T WASL!

Boycotting the 7th grade WASL this year
Boycotting the 4th grade WASL next year



Mickey VanDerwerker wrote:
>
> Testing Miss Malarky
> by Judy Finchler
> illustrated by Kevin O'Malley
> Published by Walker and Company (New York)
> There is a series of Miss Malarky books written for kids.  This one shows
> test mania in the raw.  Costs about $12 hardback.
> MIckey
> << There is a kids book called "testing Miss Malarky" by Judy Finchler that I
>  > just ran into (one of our legislators shared it with me).  It has a test
>  > (IPTU-Instructional Performance through Understanding) and the school is in
>  > an uproar.  Test prep, narrowing of the curriculum, teacher morale issues,
>  > grown ups acting strange.  I plan to use it at forums.  And for my own kids
>  > to show them the silliness. >>
>
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