Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.feddit.ukimagemessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up1729arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1715arrow-down1imageTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.feddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square215linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 days agoSo what kind of abbreviation standard are they going for? It doesn’t seem in any way consistent or helpful.
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoHmmm, if only there were an established standard for abbreviating US states 🤔
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoThis is the AP standard, and predates the two-letter standard rolled out with the introduction of zip codes.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoSo there’s already an improved version and they decided to go with an archaic and inconsistent standard instead?
So what kind of abbreviation standard are they going for? It doesn’t seem in any way consistent or helpful.
Hmmm, if only there were an established standard for abbreviating US states 🤔
This is the AP standard, and predates the two-letter standard rolled out with the introduction of zip codes.
So there’s already an improved version and they decided to go with an archaic and inconsistent standard instead?