Today, the AFQT and special aptitude subtests of the ASVAB are used both to screen out Iowa aptitude applicants from military service, and to classify applicants according to occupations for which they qualify. As in earlier times, education standards are in effect, and non-high school graduates must have higher AFQT scores than graduates with qualifying special aptitude scores. Alternative diploma holders (high school equivalency; GED) must also have higher AFQT scores than typical high school diploma graduates.

References

R Darrell Bock and Elsie G. J. Moore (1984, February). Profile of American Youth: Demographic Influences on ASVAB Test Performance. Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Installations, and Logistics).

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel). (1987, August). Population Representation in the Military Services Fiscal Year 1986. Washington, DC: OASD (FM & P).

Brian Waters, Jeffery Barnes, Paul Foley, Stephen Steinhaus and Dianne Brown (1988, October). Estimating the Reading Skills of Military Applicants: Development of an ASVAB to RGL Conversion Table. HumRRO Final Report 88-22,FR-PRD-88-22 .Alexandria,VA: Human Resources Research Organization.