Bartleby Project 2011: Do not take your state tests!

Additional commentary by Timothy Horrigan; March 8, 2011

The Bartleby Project is an effort to sabotage standardized testing by inducing students to refuse to take the test. They are being urged to simply write this on the front page:

I Prefer Not to Take Your Test

Even 5% of the students would be enough to make a huge impact. To quote the introductory video: "students are the only ones who can stop these tests."

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  Original URL: http://youtu.be/AWqdScvrKCo

John Taylor Gatto's Bartleby Project Statement (3 parts)

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   Original URL: http://youtu.be/eE_6bY2UbWA

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   Original URL: http://youtu.be/O9KFhICHAOM

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   Original URL: http://youtu.be/jDTCcTMcEDc

See Also:

• "Bartleby in reverse": 80 people started working at Best Buy one day in 2006 without applying for a job first
• The Bartleby Project
• FTheTest.com ("F" standing for what you would think it stands for)
• DeschoolingSociety's YouTube Channel
• Project Gutenberg: "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville
• Grassroot Mom's March 7, 2011 DailyKos diary: “A 5th grader says No to NCLB”
• Prof. Timothy D. Slekar's February 14, 2011 Huffington Post article: “Rejecting Standardized Testing With The Bartleby Project”
• My experience as a Measured Progress test scorer
• How to get a job scoring tests
• The Unicru personality test
• John Taylor Gatto's book Weapons of Mass Destruction

• My novel, The Forgotten Liars