this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

However, in the context of educational reporting at the government level, these are the labels that are applied in the various reports

Yes, but this is exactly my issue. And I don’t think it’s about semantics, per se, but rather more about usefulness. Educational reporting using these terms is great for that demographic but is entirely useless for the people upon which it’s reporting.