Test administration covers the total organisation, management, execution and supervision of a test, along with its proper follow-up, reporting and use of results. The chapter is direct about why this matters: unsystematic, inefficient or inaccurate testing usually traces back to one cause — ignorance of the proper administration procedure. Administration is organised into three sequential phases: Pre-Planning, Testing Operation, and Post-Test Functions.
Pre-Planning covers everything decided before a single subject is actually tested: preparing a test-planning document that keeps every stakeholder of the test in mind; preparing the testing stations, score sheets or questionnaires, group organisation and overall test layout in advance; considering the test's purpose, its scientific authenticity, and the group's size, age and sex; and planning the whole exercise to be the most economical option available in terms of equipment cost, time, and the number of personnel required.
Testing Operation covers what happens while the test is actually being administered: checking and positioning all equipment and facilities before the subject arrives; giving instructions, explanations, demonstrations and layout plans well in advance of starting; a short warm-up before any psychomotor test, to avoid injury and support better performance; adopting motivation strategies to help the subject perform their best; the test administrator and personnel actively ensuring safety precautions during explanation and demonstration; and cross-checking against a prepared checklist throughout the testing period.
Post-Test Functions cover everything that happens once testing is complete: compiling all answer sheets or score sheets safely, and converting raw scores into standard scores or comparing them with established norms; interpreting the scores against standards and norms using appropriate statistics; preparing illustrative tables, graphs and profiles of the results; and preparing a final report covering the nature, scope and objectives of the testing programme.
Treating these as three distinct, ordered phases — rather than one blurred activity — is what the chapter means by proper procedure: a test planned well but executed carelessly (or executed well but never followed up with a report) is still, by this chapter's own standard, poorly administered.