Maybe it would make sense to eliminate the whole concept of “graduation.” Instead, schools could simply issue a transcript showing the classes the student completed, and his grades. Prospective employers or colleges could have published standards, and the students could tailor their course loads to reach the goals they set for themselves.
“All calculations based on experience elsewhere, fail in New Mexico.”
~ Lew Wallace, early Territorial Governor and author of Ben Hur.
It hasn’t changed.