A study was conducted to assess the role of developmental work in preparing Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) students for the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST). The study sample included all 808 MDCC students who took the CLAST in fall 1984 and had taken the Comparative Guidance and Placement Test (CGP) upon entering the college. Study findings included the following: (1) almost everyone who entered MDCC without the need for remediation in reading and writing skills passed the reading and writing sections of the CLAST; (2) the CLAST passing rates of students whose CGP scores showed the need for remediation in reading and writing were similar regardless of whether the students took remedial courses or not; and (3) in computation, those taking developmental work had passing rates similar to those not needing developmental work, while those needing it without receiving it had lower passing rates. Study findings led to the conclusion that the effect of developmental work on future CLAST performance varied according to the area of basic skills being considered, giving the appearance that developmental coursework has been neither a help nor a hindrance in changing student performance on the CLAST. (EJV)