Many years ago, a prospective employer looking for interns asked us to include our SAT scores, and picked the applicants with the highest scores.
What I would like to see would be objective measures of reading, writing, and math, like the SAT, not necessarily associated with educational institutions. People could become self-educated or educated in non-conventional settings, take the test, and be hired.
And college graduates who could not read or write would not get hired regardless of diploma.
The issue is, it would seem to be pretty easy to fake it.
At least four years of college does show some kind of commitment. Plus it’s still all about networking, and college does provide ample networking opportunities, if you choose to seek them out.