Procedures for administering the Proficiency Testing Program, adopted by the Idaho State Department of Education, are explained in this test administration manual. The tests are described as given on a district optional basis to ninth grade students in the basic skills areas of reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics. Criterion-referenced tests are based on objectives written by a task force and reviewed by educators, parents, and the general public. The reading, mathematics, and spelling tests are objective multiple choice, and the writing test is comprised of a writing sample. The following information is contained in the manual: description of tests; general test administration information; students to be tested; test schedule; absences and invalidations; make-up testing; test procedures; materials needed for testing; and detailed test instructions to be read to the students. A list of basic skills to be tested is appended. (MH)