European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday. July 23.1986 test error penalized gis paper says Santa Ana Calif. Apr a Penta gon error that knocked off two Point on aptitude Teal taken by military recruits Caud thousands of service member to lose training and benefits a newspaper has reported the scoring error on nearly 2 million aptitude Icsis since 1984 could have been crucial far some recruits because single Point can mean the difference be Wicen College level training and a less desirable assignment. The Orange county Register said sat urday the military didst announce the errors but admitted them whim queried by the  the scaring mistake that began in october 1984 reportedly was corrected this month the paper said the fix was too late to help those who enlisted under scoring errors on the armed services vocational aptitude butter test. Once they re signed up they be got contract said Ken Holder spokesman Tor the military enlistment processing come in Chicago which runs the testing program for All branches of the military. About 1.2 million of the Testi Are Raven each year. The Register said about 1.5 percent of the nation s enlistees or�,000 a year were scored below average when they should have been above aver age. Rep. Robert Badham r-Calif., said the House armed services subcommittee on military personnel is investigating the telling problem and its effect. It was unclear what caused the prob Lem. The paper said the error was apparently due either to a miscalculation of the scoring curve incorporated into the Chicago testing computer or la an actual misprint in the test booklets. Army enlistees from Orange county los eligibility for $zs,200 in College tuition because of the  National Impact Baa not been calculated the paper said Congress should consider taxing Blue Cross Blue shield Gao says Washington