The North Carolina Window of Information on Student Education (NCWISE) is an electronic student accounting system that is based on the Electronic Student Information System (eSIS), an Internet-based software package that provides student and school information management capabilities. Data are stored centrally and accessed and reported in a safe, secure manner across the Internet. NCWISE supports the data analysis and reporting requirements of education initiatives such as the North Carolina's ABCs of Public Education accountability program, the Uniform Education Reporting System (UERS), Closing the Achievement Gap and the various programs and requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. NCWISE offers unprecedented opportunities for local educators to use technology to help them make better instructional and business decisions in their schools.