Overview

This step-by-step guide will assist Illinois school districts with downloading student attendance data from IWAS for the current school year.

Step 1 – Logging In

• Go to https://www.isbe.net and select “Log Into IWAS” to access the login screen.
• Login using appropriate login and password on next screen.

Step 2 – Enter Student Information System (SIS)

• Select “System Listing” from the left menu.
• Click “Student Information System – Statewide”. This will open a new window.

Step 3 – Select Attendance Detail Export

• Click on Reports in the left panel and expand “Attendance”.
• Then, click on “Details” next to the “Total Student Attendance” option.

Step 4 – Export the data in Excel

• Select the School Year in the dropdown.
• Change the drodown next to the “Create Report” button to read EXCEL instead of PDF.
• Then click “Create Report”.
• Rename the file to include the name of the school year.