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Officials point to several trends as contributing to the increases.
For example, the military recently raised the proportion of recruits entering service with nontraditional credentials. Alone, the proportion of active duty personnel taking the test jumped by one third. Other trends include the demand for high school graduates in hiring and changes in welfare laws. Today, one in seven secondary credentials nationally is based on the GED test. GED graduates must meet a standard that exceeds the performance of at lease one third of traditional graduating high school seniors.