This, do-super-want. Perhaps a more specific version/implementation/tactic would be compulsory education alternatives. Of course, the signalling part remains a major problem.
One other possible element of the signalling problem is to counter a particular subset of common responses that seem particularly available: “What makes your special certification any different from all those bogus sham ‘buy-a-high-school-degree-online’ diploma mills?”
Establishing trustworthiness is also made more difficult by the trend that employers don’t really seem willing to verify and learn about nonstandard accreditations. If someone has qualifications that they don’t expect and don’t immediately recognize as a good signal, it’ll be dismissed without further investigation. Targeting employers seems like it would be a requirement of an optimal certification system.
Many countries, including Israel where I live, have long had matriculation tests at the end of high school. Passing them is considered far more important than the high-school graduation diploma, which is given separately.
You can sign up to take the matriculation tests even if you are not in high school. This option is generally intended for drop-outs who are catching up later in life, but you can do it as a teenager too.
After passing the tests, no one cares about your actual high-school grades.
This, do-super-want. Perhaps a more specific version/implementation/tactic would be compulsory education alternatives. Of course, the signalling part remains a major problem.
One other possible element of the signalling problem is to counter a particular subset of common responses that seem particularly available: “What makes your special certification any different from all those bogus sham ‘buy-a-high-school-degree-online’ diploma mills?”
Establishing trustworthiness is also made more difficult by the trend that employers don’t really seem willing to verify and learn about nonstandard accreditations. If someone has qualifications that they don’t expect and don’t immediately recognize as a good signal, it’ll be dismissed without further investigation. Targeting employers seems like it would be a requirement of an optimal certification system.
Many countries, including Israel where I live, have long had matriculation tests at the end of high school. Passing them is considered far more important than the high-school graduation diploma, which is given separately.
You can sign up to take the matriculation tests even if you are not in high school. This option is generally intended for drop-outs who are catching up later in life, but you can do it as a teenager too.
After passing the tests, no one cares about your actual high-school grades.