Testing Miss Malarkey

The new school year brings standardized testing to every school and Miss Malarkey's is no exception. Teachers, students, and even parents are preparing for THE TEST-The Instructional Performance Through Understanding (IPTU) test-and the school is in an uproar. Even though the grown-ups tell the children not to worry, they're acting kind of strange. The gym teacher is teaching stress-reducing yoga instead of sports in gym class. Parents are giving pop quizzes on bedtime stories at night. The cafeteria is serving "brain food" for lunch. The kids are beginning to think that maybe the test is more important than they're being led to believe. Kids and adults alike will laugh aloud as Finchler and O'Malley poke fun at the commotion surrounding standardized testing, a staple of every school's year.

• The Big Test (Mrs. Hartwell's Classroom Adventures)
• The Anti-Test Anxiety Society
• Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
• Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind
• Wilma Jean - The Worry Machine
• Last Day Blues (Mrs. Hartwell's Classroom Adventures)
• Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10
• Mathsketball: A Story of Test Anxiety
• Last to Finish, A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math Class (The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses)
• Field-Trip Fiasco (Mrs. Hartwell's Classroom Adventures)