We come from legendary stock.

Our original founder, Robert J. Marzano (we call him Bob), is an industry pioneer whose impact on education is significant. In 2019, we made some history of our own when we decided to take the company’s future in hand and focus on blazing new trails for the benefit of our clients, educators, and students.

That’s when we became a wholly woman-owned small business, combining the in-depth expertise, knowledge and experience of industry veterans Danette Parsley, Joy Bell, and Jennifer Norford.

Today, Marzano Research works at the forefront of practitioner-centered education improvement with clients of every size, background and need—from individual schools and districts to state education agencies and the federal government. We provide tailored and collaborative research, evaluation, consulting, and technical assistance services to create practical solutions and actionable results designed to improve programs and practices that enhance outcomes for all students.

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Our Approach

Marzano Research offers national, big-company education research and consulting capabilities with a collaborative, small-business approach. We roll up our sleeves, meet you where you are, and use “engineered simplicity” to solve your toughest education challenges. We skip the cookie-cutter or pre-set solutions, and your issues get personalized focus and answers that are uniquely yours.

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Benefit Corporation for Good

At Marzano Research, we want not only to be successful for ourselves and our clients. We want to harness our business savvy to be a force for good in the world. To that end, we’re proud to be recognized as a Certified Benefit Company. As part of the burgeoning Benefit Corporation movement, we join a forward-thinking group of companies who expand the traditional purpose of a business beyond the financial bottom line to encompass social and environmental impacts. That means we not only set the goal, we deploy business practices to achieve it—committing to do good for the earth and its people, as well as our bottom line. The criteria for certification from Benefit Corporations for Good are based on the following standards: conscientious leadership; diversity, equity, and inclusion; green/environmental practices; values of benefit corporations; strategic business practices; community engagement; client focused; and work-life balance and sustainability. Read more about our decision to be a benefit company in this blog.