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.
NCSBN voted on December 9, 2015 to uphold the current passing standard for the NCLEX-RN. The passing standard will remain at the current level of 0.00 logit that was instituted April 1, 2013. This passing standard will remain in effect through March 31, 2019.