Acadience Math K-6: Number Identification Fluency (NIF)
Number Identification Fluency (NIF) is a standardized, individually administered measure of early numeracy that assesses a student’s ability to orally identify the numerals 1 through 99. Number recognition is essential for later math skills.
To administer NIF, the assessor presents a student sheet of numbers that ranges from 1–99 and asks the student to orally name each number. Since NIF assesses a student’s fluency in identifying numbers, the measure is timed.
| Skill | Number Identification |
| Administration Time | 1 minute |
| Administration Schedule | Beginning of kindergarten to beginning of first grade |
| Score | 1 point for each correctly identified number |
| Wait Rule | If the student does not respond within 3 seconds on an item, provide the correct answer and mark a slash (/) through the number. |
| Discontinue Rule | 0 points in the first five items (the first line) |
Scoring Rules for NIF
| Paper/Pencil Administration | Digital Administration | |
| Correct | Leave correct items blank. | Tap the number named correctly. |
| Incorrect | Draw a slash (/) through the item if the student states any number other than the correct answer or hesitates with an answer after 3 seconds. | Tap the “x” for any other response. |
| Self-Correct | If the student self-corrects within 3 seconds, write “sc” over the item that had been previously slashed. Count that item as correct. | If the student self- corrects within 3 seconds, tap the number named correct to change the answer from incorrect to correct. |
| Skipped Items | Draw a slash (/) through any skipped items. | Leave skipped items blank. |
For more information, please see the Math Assessment Manual located on the Acadience Resource Hub.
