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Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS)

Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS)

About MAERS

MAERS is a database that supports approximately 130 providers (ISDs, RESAs and Literacy Councils) who offer Adult Education programs which are funded by both the U.S. Department of Education and the State of Michigan. On average, Michigan serves more than 30,000 participants seeking a diploma or equivalent, remedial services or English as a Second Language.

  • Access MAERS

    Access the Michigan Adult Education Reporting System

Note: Access to the system requires a user name and password.

 

MAERS training materials

Need a visual? Check out the MAERS training videos below!

 

MAERS reference materials

 

MAERS forms:

MAERS Help Desk

National Reporting System (NRS)

MAERS training videos

  • MAERS Introduction

    Introduction to the Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS): Learn how to navigate the Adult Education website and MAERS Resource page.  Learn how to log into MAERS and find the quick links to the Adult Education website and MAERS resource page.

  • Creating and Copying Instructors

    In this Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video, learn how to create and copy instructor entries in MAERS.

  • Creating and Copying Locations

    In this Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video, learn how to create and copy location entries in MAERS.

  • Creating Classes

    Each program year, the program classes must be created in MAERS once the Instructors and Locations are completed. These are the classes the participants will be enrolled into based on the individual’s course of instruction.

  • Copying Classes

    In this Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video, learn how to copy classes from one program year to the next versus creating the class from scratch.

  • Participant Search

    In this Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video, learn how to find participants in MAERS by doing a search using various identifiers.

  • New Registration

    In this Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video, learn about entering a new registration into MAERS by following the Adult Learning Plan.

  • Continuing Registrations Across Program Years

    In this Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video, learn about continuing registrations into the next program year and how to reopen an exited registration.

  • Online Adult Learning Plan

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses managing the online ALP process through sending a link to the participant, uploading the information into a registration, and reviewing the Online ALP report.

  • Eligibility - Funding Sources and Program Types

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses selecting funding sources and program types which the participant is eligible for in the program year.

  • Pre-Test Assessments

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses how to manually enter a pre-test and how to copy over an assessment from last year as the new year's pre-test.

  • Assessment Data Matching

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses the data match process for assessments.

  • Class Enrollments by Participants

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses enrolling a participant into one or more classes at one time.

  • Class Enrollments by Group

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses enrolling multiple participants into one class at one time.

  • Class Attendance by Participant

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses adding monthly attendance for classroom and distance learning for an individual participant.

  • Class Attendance by Group

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses entering class attendance for multiple participants within one class.

  • Post Test Assessments

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses entering a post-test manually, working with a data matched post-test, and identifying gains.

  • Training Activities

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses the required collection of training activities and training hours for those participants qualifying for State School Aid, Section 107 Special Programs funding or for those in an Integrated Education and Training (IET) program type.

  • Achievements

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses capturing measurable skill gains and 107 performance measures.

  • Class Exits

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses exiting participants from classes by individual participant and by group.

  • Program Exits

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses exiting the participant registration whether the participant completed the program or dropped out of the program.

  • Continuing Registrations Through Program Years

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses steps to continue a registration for one program year into the next.

  • Planned Gaps

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses how to continue a registration after a participant has been gone more than 90 days by using a Planned Gap.

  • System Exits and Reversing Exits

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses System Exits, what they are, and ways to reverse a System Exit or manual Program Exit to make the registration active again.

  • Follow Up

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses completing the follow up screens towards the required outcome measures.

  • Program Year Closeout Checklist

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses how to utilize this simple checklist to verify all data is complete, accurate and up to date to close out the program year.

  • Schedule and Retrieve Reports

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses how to schedule and retrieve MAERS reports.

  • Reviewing Reports

    This Michigan Adult Education Reporting System (MAERS) training video discusses reviewing the Report Guide to learn how often to schedule and view reports and how to understand and interpret the data.