Overview
This guide provides Illinois Districts with step-by-step instructions for exporting student demographic rosters from the ISBE IWAS Student Information System (SIS) for the current school year. Follow these instructions to ensure you retrieve and securely send the correct data to ECRA Group.
Instruction Guide
Step 1 – Logging in
– Log into ISBE IWAS at apps.isbe.net/iwas/asp/login.asp.
Step 2 – Accessing the Student Information System
– Click System Listing in the left sidebar.
– Click Student Information System – Statewide.
Step 3 – Requesting Student Demographics File
– Click Batch File Processing in the left sidebar.
– Select Request File from the expanded menu options in the left sidebar.
– Select Student Demographics from the Request Files dropdown.
– Keep Active Enrollments Only selected.
– Click Request File in the bottom right corner.
Step 4 – Downloading Student Demographics File
– Click Batch Transfers in the expanded Batch File Processing menu in the left sidebar.
– Your most recently requested file will be at the top of the list. The Student Demographics file will be called ISBE_Student_Demographics_ActiveEnrollments.
– When the file is ready, click Download on the right side of the file row. Files are usually ready within a few minutes but can take up to 24 hours when the IWAS system is busy.
Step 5 – Sending Data to ECRA Group
– Send the downloaded data file to ECRA using your district’s secure data transfer folder.
