Contact
- Email: enfr@udel.edu
- Office: 219E Willard Hall
- Phone: 302-831-3117
- Fax: 302-831-4110
Curriculum Vitae
View CVElizabeth Farley-Ripple
Associate Professor
Dr. Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple is associate professor in the School of Education and director of the Partnership for Public Education at the University of Delaware. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Education Policy and has been working in educational research for ten years. She has expertise in quantitative and mixed methods and applies a variety of methodological tools to research projects, including in regression, multi-level models, social-network analysis, surveys, and content analysis. Her research expertise is in policy analysis and evidence-based decision-making, and recent work includes studies of administrator mobility, school and teachers’ use of data, teacher quality and effects, and equity in student outcomes.
Dr. Farley-Ripple has been awarded grants from the Spencer Foundation and the Institute for Education Sciences and has published research in respected journals such as Educational Researcher, Journal of Educational Administration, Educational Policy, American Journal of Education, Educational Management, Administration, and Leadership, and Urban Education. She recently discussed her article, The Development of Capacity for Data Use: The Role of Teacher Networks in an Elementary School, in an episode of the The Voice on Vialogues.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Education Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
- M.A., Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2001
- B.S., Foreign Service, International Development, Latin American Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Professional Experience
- Director, Partnership for Public Education, University of Delaware, 2016–present
- Associate Director, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2015–2018
- Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2015–present
- Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2008–2015
- Consultant for several organizations, including Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools (Baltimore), Philadelphia Education Fund (Philadelphia), Research for Action (Philadelphia), National Institute for Direct Instruction (Oregon), 2005–2008
Recent Grants
- May, H. (PI), Farley-Ripple, E. (co-PI). The Center for Research Use in Education (CRUE) (R305C150017). US Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, 2015–2020. ($4,999,958)
- Farley-Ripple, E. (co-PI). Understanding Leverage Points: How Do Teachers Use Data to Inform Instruction? Spencer Foundation, Evidence for the Classroom Initiative, in partnership with the Northwest Evaluation Association, 2014. ($300,000)
- Coker, D. (PI), MacArthur, C. and Farley-Ripple, E. (co-PIs). Investigating the Impact of Classroom Instruction and Literacy Skills on Writing Achievement in Elementary Schools (R305A110484). US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Education Research, Development and Dissemination, 2011–2015. ($1,496,813.00)
Recent Professional Awards
- Mid-Career Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award, University of Delaware, 2019
- Dean’s Faculty Research Award, College of Education and Human Development, University of Delaware, 2013
- Pennsylvania Educational Research Association Distinguished Paper Award, 2012
- American Educational Research Association Districts in Reform Special Interest Group Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2009