I Am Not a Test Score: Lessons Learned from Dreaming is a  collaborative book written by Youth Dreamers themselves, young people who have grown up in Baltimore City schools and believe in alternatives to standardized testing. 

This 9 x 9, full color, image heavy, 371 page, hardback coffee table book shares what Youth Dreamers and our adult allies learned from dreaming and building Baltimore’s only youth-run youth center—The Dream House.   It includes best practices, lessons learned, and examples of project-based, community-building curriculum.  

We hope this book will not just inspire, but will encourage students, teachers, parents, and community members to challenge the problems in their schools, redirecting the emphasis on standardized testing toward programs promoting leadership, character, and youth voice.

We are grateful to Otter Bay Books who supported us through the journey of publishing this labor of love.