This report describes a project designed to provide a cost effective centralized data collection, analysis, and retrieval system to handle all data on adult basic education (ABE) clients and staff personnel for all adult learning sites in Massachusetts for reporting, research, and evaluation purposes at local and State levels. This report is divided into five sections: Statement of the Problem; Goals of the Project; Relevant Research; System Design, which presents two exhibits explaining the management information system (MIS) model followed in the design, implementation, and evaluation of a Massachusetts field research project which has been implemented at all 30 learning centers in Massachusetts; and Project Overview, which describes (1) use of standardized data collection forms for student registration and reinstatement, student advancement, student separation from an ABE program, and student attendance, (2) training of staff in use of the system, and (3) several reports generated by the system. A bibliography is appended. (SH)