In October 1986, the Kansas State Board of Education included basic skills education as part of the role, scope and mission statements of the state's community colleges. In 1988, a study was conducted to assess the status of postsecondary remedial/developmental education. Study findings, based on semester enrollment figures for fall 1987, included the following: (1) 42% of the remedial students had not declared programs of study; (2) remedial/developmental math courses made up 45% of the total remedial headcount enrollment and 53% of the total credit hours; (3) completion rates for remedial courses ranged, by college, from a low of 51% to a high of 93%, for a statewide average of 79%; (4) remedial enrollments comprised 3.72% of total credit hour enrollments statewide; (5) the state paid a total of $23,324,042 in credit hour aid to the colleges, including $737,678 for remedial courses; (6) minorities constituted 26.9% of the unduplicated headcount enrollment in remedial courses and an estimated 9% in all courses; (7) students over 21 years of age made up 44.46% of the total headcount in remedial courses; and (8) beginning in fall 1988, all 19 Kansas community colleges offered remedial/developmental courses. The bulk of the report consists of tables showing fall 1987 data by college. A table showing remedial/developmental courses by college for the spring 1985-spring 1988 period is also provided. (AYC)