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Trask also said he feared the competing exams would be confusing for colleges and employers.
"I personally went into it a little bit naively, " said Trask of the new version.
The San Francisco Chronicle wrote a similar report Saturday night, quoting team chief executive, Amy Trask.
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Trask knew his marketing: To gain big orders, he would need to establish credibility for his product.
From there it was hit the road again -- as Trask had once done selling Buster Browns, and Brewer selling P.
"Computers are a necessary part of society today, " Mr. Trask said.
With these orders in his pocket, Trask traveled to Maine and made a cold call on the L.L. Bean shoe buyer, knowing that Bean was interested in unique merchandise with a sporting image.
But in the end, the photo "looked forced, like something you would find in a catalog, as opposed to what you would find in someone's home, " says Mr. Trask, the site's co-creative director.
Randy Trask, president of GED Testing Service, said the new test would be worth the price, with additional features such as a detailed analysis of students' answers and security measures to prevent cheating.
As Trask, 59, describes it, all his love of the American West came welling up in him, mixed with his wish to be independent, to be his own boss, like the cowboys of old.
"The GED was in dangerous position of no longer being a reflection of what high schools were graduating, " said Randy Trask, president and CEO of GED Testing Service, which previously was solely operated by the nonprofit American Council on Education.
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