In the U.S.-affiliated Pacific, the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) are responsible for assisting State educational agencies (SEAs) in the development of planning and accountability systems to meet the requirements of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (NCLB) requirements and similar DOI initiatives. As a result, many SEAs are revisiting a number of their policies and procedures--including teacher certification; minimum academic standards; assessment and accountability systems aligned with those standards; and instructional programs, including textbooks--to ensure that teaching and learning in the classroom provide all students with an opportunity to be successful. This paper provides policymakers with information that will assist in decision making regarding instructional program adoption policies and procedures to ensure that teaching and learning in the classroom provide all students with an opportunity to be successful.