In 2014, the GED was overhauled — difficulty jumped, the test went computer-only, and the passing threshold was set at 150 per subject. Florida's statewide completions collapsed from 1,800 in the final six months of the old test to 90 in the first six months of the new one, across 80 programs statewide. My pass rate during that window was in the mid-40s, against a statewide average of 22%. The majority of those 90 completions came from my classroom.
That's not a credential from a university. It's a result from the hardest conditions the test has ever been administered under. That's the difference.