This report portrays the enrollment, placement, achievement, and persistence of entering students. Thus this report presents first the basic skills needs for the fall 2004 cohort of first-time enrolling students from Colorado public high schools, disaggregated by school district and high school. Second, this report presents two years' data on students assigned to remedial instruction, disaggregated by sector (two-year and four-year) and institution, as well as one year's data disaggregated by gender, ethnicity, and income (based upon financial aid application information). Then, this report presents data on student performance in remedial courses, including one-year institutional retention. Finally, this report concludes with the presentation of information on the costs associated with remedial education. (Contains 15 tables and 2 figures.)