Standards and assessments used by Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states to place students in either regular college-level courses or remedial/developmental courses were investigated. Questionnaires were sent to 489 two-year and four-year institutions, of which 404 responded. Information was collected on the specific assessments (tests) used and the scores required to place students in either the regular or remedial/developmental courses. These data were compiled for each of the 15 SREB member states in the curricular areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. The SREB states used almost 100 tests in reading, writing, and mathematics for placement purposes. The average number of placement tests used per state in the region was eight in reading, eight in mathematics, and seven in writing. While 121 institutions used the Nelson Denny Reading Test, 72 used the American College Testing English Subtest. However, some individual tests were used by only one institution. Twelve of the 15 SREB states did not have official state policies to govern placement testing at the college level. Differences in low and high cut-off scores made it difficult to determine what, if any, consensus there might be for beginning degree-credit work. (SW)