We're all pretty different but one thing we have in common is that we all went to high school. Your may have looked different than mine but we all did something educational that we could put in that category. So we all have some ideas about how it might be better. https://medium.com/s/story/the-insane-structure-of-high-school-762fea58fe62?ICID=ref_fark
I think that portfolio's could be useful for students that struggle academically as an alternative approach to earning a HS diploma through the use of exit proficiency exams. A significant number of students fail to earn a recognized HS diploma due to not testing well in the traditional scenario for earning a recognized HS diploma and many won't be able to earn a GED since it would mean a similar testing scenario.