Import DIBELS Demographics

This document provides instructions for exporting DIBELS specific demographic data from PowerSchool and importing that data into Acadience (DIBELS).

DIBELS demographic data includes:

• Ethnicity
• Race
• Gender
• English Learner
• Section 504
• Special Education
• Primary disability
• Title I (Math and Reading)
• Accommodations - Required field but no data exported/imported

Required: 

• Oracle SQL Developer with PowerSchool connection
• DIBELS_Demographics.sql script

Data must be current in PowerSchool for it to be exported. Work with Pupil Accounting and Special Education departments to ensure PowerSchool is up-to-date.

Export from PowerSchool

• Open the DIBELS_Demographics.sql script in SQL Developer
• Run the script
• Spot check results
• Right click on data and select Export…
• Format: Delimited
• Delimiter: Tab
• Left/Right Enclosure: none
• File: Set path and filename (note: use .csv file extension)
• Next and Finish

Import into Acadience (Note: students must exist in Acadience for the current year)

• Login to Acadience
• Select Import Data
• Select Import Demographics
• Select Choose File - Select previously exported file
• Select Upload Demographics
• If you are presented with that a student does not exist then remove those students from the import file and run it again.