The manual for administration of the Chinese Proficiency Test contains an overview of the program, including: (1) its history, content, and format; (2) its primary focus and uses; (3) administration procedures, including registration, ordering the test, reporting scores, and billing; (4) the interpretation of test scores based on normative data provided in the manual; and (5) the test's statistical characteristics, including reliability, standard error of measurement, content and concurrent validity, difficulty based on item analysis, and intercorrelation among subtest scores. An ordering form for the test is appended. (MSE)