Publications

Books

• Arnold F. Shober. 2016. In Common No More: The Politics of the Common Core State Standards. Boulder, CO: Praeger Publishers.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2012. The Democratic Dilemma of American Education: Out of Many, One? Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2010.Splintered Accountability: State Governance and Education Reform. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Articles and Chapters

• Arnold F. Shober. 2023. “Effective State Education Governance.” The State Education Standard 23 (1, January): 6-12.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2019. “Can Equity Survive Governance? Politics, Accountability, and Local Control.” In Julie Allan, Valerie Harwood, Clara Rübner Jørgensen, eds., World Yearbook of Education 2020. New York: Routledge, 10-32.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2017. “Can the States Take Accountability Seriously?” In Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden, eds., The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2016. “Individuality or Community? Bringing Assessment and Accountability to K-16 Education.” In Christopher P. Loss and Patrick J. McGuinn, eds., The Convergence of K-12 and Higher Education. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 67-86.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2013. “Benchmarking Inequality: Measuring Education Progress in American K–12 Education.” Public Money & Management 33(4, July): 242–244.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2012. “Governors Make the Grade: Growing Gubernatorial Influence in State Education Policy.” Peabody Journal of Education 87(5): 559–575.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2011. “Attracting Capital: Magnets, Charters, and School Referendum Success.” Journal of School Choice 5(2): 205–223.
• John F. Witte, David Weimer, Arnold F. Shober, and Paul Schlomer. 2007. “The Performance of Charter Schools in Wisconsin.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26(3): 567-588.
• John F. Witte, Paul A. Schlomer, and Arnold F. Shober. 2007. “Going Charter? A Study of School District Competition in Wisconsin.” Peabody Journal of Education 82(2 & 3):410-439.
• Arnold F. Shober, Paul Manna, and John F. Witte. 2006. “Analyzing State Chartfaster School Laws and the Formation of Charter Schools in the United States.” Policy Studies Journal 34(4, November): fast263-287.

Other Publications

• Paul Manna and Arnold F. Shober. 2020. “Answering the Call? Explaining How State Have (or Have Not) Taken Up the ESSA Accountability Challenge.” Hoover Education Success Initiative, Stanford, CA.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2017. “Teacher Dismissal in the District of Columbia.” American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, DC.
• Arnold F. Shober and Michael T. Hartney. 2014. “Does School Board Leadership Matter?” Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Washington, DC.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2012. “Teacher Quality 2.0: From Teacher Education to Student Progress.” American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, DC.
• Arnold F. Shober. 2009. “Making the Grade: Education Governance in Ohio.” KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Columbus, Ohio.