MARSS Deadlines
EOY FY26 Reporting
Friday, May 1st: Additional EOY Errors Activated on the Local Edit – All EOY Errors activated
Submission:
Thursday, May 14th: Optional, statewide edit, new statewide reports will be posted.
A statewide edit will be run between required MARSS submissions. Data that is on file at that time will be included in the updated statewide reports.
Submission:
All Districts and Charter Schools: Local auditors use the Statewide reports. Used for Special Education tuition billing, ESEA Accountability Enrollment, and Direct Certification for FY 2026.
Thursday, May 28th: Files due to RMIC
Thursday, June 4th: Files due to MDE
** If you have Region 1 upload your files, please submit them by the due to RMIC date. This will ensure there is time to run an edit, send and receive a release, and upload to MDE. Unfortunately if you wait until the MDE deadline we are unable to guarantee your files will be uploaded in time.
Mark Your Calendar
Tuesday, May 12th @ 2:00pm: Synergy User Group Meeting hosted by Kari Johnson at MDE. You can now register for these webinars on the MDE Calendar. Please pass this information on to others that would benefit from attending. Click Here to register.
*The registration deadline is Monday, May 11th
Wednesday, May 27th @ 2:00pm: Edupoint State Reporting call. A link for the call will be sent out via email closer to the date.
Wednesday, July 15th: Early Education reporting is due. Make sure your ECFE and School Readiness data has been submitted via Ed-Fi before this date. Use the Early Education reports in the EDVP to verify. If you need a refresher on where to enter information in Synergy, the Early Education document is on the Synergy Help page under State Reporting > Region 1 Reporting Guides.
Carl Perkins and MCCC
MDE recently announced that Carl Perkins reporting will shift to submitting through MCCC. This will be a three-year process, starting with cross walking course-level data. The October 1, 2026 Carl Perkins submission will use the current p-file format, so continue your regular Carl Perkins process.
To prepare for the shift, Region 1 is working on a way to identify which of your District Courses will need to be addressed in Synergy for MCCC 2025-26 reporting. We do not anticipate this to be a heavy workload. We will be in touch with districts shortly about next steps.
If you would like to review the current Carl Perkins information and process in Synergy, you can find the document in Help under State Reporting > Region 1 Reporting Guides > Carl Perkins.
Ed-Fi Myths Debunked
Myth: Seeing numbers on your comparison report is overwhelming and means you should pretend it doesn’t exist.
FALSE: Well, yes, it can be overwhelming, and appealing, to pretend it does not exist, some of the numbers on your comparison report are actually good! You will always see when you last submitted MARSS A and B files, as well as what time the Ed-Fi data was pulled for the comparison. (Hint: the closer these times are, the better) You also want to see numbers for Matching School Keys and Matching Student Keys.
If you are struggling with digesting all of the lines, numbers, and blue links when looking at your comparison report, try viewing it a different way! Select 2b. Download Comparison Report and click Run.
This gives you an Excel file that you are able to sort and filter. You will have two tabs, Missing Students, and MisMatched Data.
The Missing Students tab includes the enrollments that are missing in either MARSS or Ed-Fi. You will see 4 lines for each missing enrollment. Pay attention to the Status Begin Date. That is your clue for tracking down these enrollments.
The MisMatched Data tab is the rest of those comparison report lines. The first thing you want to do is to turn on filtering, and filter the Mismatch Exists column to only those with an X. The rest of the rows are just getting in your way! After filtering by mismatches, I like to sort on the Demographic column. This column is the type of information that is different. Sorting lets you put all the same differences together and makes it easier to see patterns in your discrepancies. Feel free to filter down to just one of the demographics at a time to see only the records you need to review for that type of data. Use the School column to filter down even more if you want to work by school.
Making the comparison report data easier to digest will in turn help you on the path to certifying. Please reach out if you have any questions!