General USNS Information

USNS Performance Bands

The Universal Screeners for Number Sense are written and visualized in Forefront to make deliberate attempt to emphasize the importance...

USNS Assessment Windows

The Universal Screeners for Number Sense are intended to be universal screeners administered by classroom teachers. The following suggested assessment...

USNS Accommodations

Universal Screeners for Number Sense Accessibility Features and Recommendations for Accommodations The USNS assessments include interviews and paper and pencil...

USNS Assessment Time Allotment

USNS assessments are not timed assessments. For this reason, assessment time allotments for each assessment are intended to give students...

Who Should Administer the USNS Assessments?

The USNS assessments are intended to be classroom assessments. They are meant to be administered as a universal math screener...

Providing Additional Supports During USNS Interviews

For the written components of the midyear and spring assessments, grade-level guidance is provided for when students should be provided...

Connections Between AVMR and USNS

Universal screening, such as the open-source Universal Screeners for Number Sense (USNS), can be the first step to help teachers...

Administering Below and Above Grade-Level USNS Assessments

The fall interviews are aligned to the previous grade-level’s expectations. They intend to show if students have mastered the major...

Understanding Growth on the USNS Assessments

There are two ways to use the USNS assessments as measures of growth for individuals and groups of students: criterion-referenced...