An active clearance is one in which the candidate is presently eligible for access to classified information. A current clearance is one in which a candidate has been determined eligible for access to classified information but is not currently eligible without a reinstatement.
The NCTM Standards evolved over several years, beginning with the 1980 report An Agenda for Action (NCTM, 1980), an important precursor to the NCTM Standards documents. A set of events and circumstances took place in the 1980s that spurred the need for standards and for national direction in mathematics education.
A specification may refer to a type of technical standard (the main topic of this page). Using the word specification without additional information to what kind of specification you refer to is confusing and considered bad practice within systems engineering.A Requirement specification is a set of documented requirements to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service. data sheet is not a technical specification as described in this article. A . In-service  or  Maintained as  specification, specifies the conditions of a system or object after years of operation, including the effects of wear and maintenance (configuration changes).