The Developmental Studies Department (DSD) at Rockland Community College (RCC), in Suffern, New York, provides courses and services to assist students lacking college-level skills in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, study skills, and English. An additional pilot project, the RCC/Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) has provided supplemental education services at a college extension site to a segment of RCC's underserved adult population. Students referred to BOCES are those who are unable to complete written tests, do not qualify for financial aid, and/or applied to RCC late. An evaluation of the DSD and BOCES programs indicated the following: (1) while students in the BOCES program generally showed significant improvement, one area of concern was the lack of a policy on discharging students who do not make progress; (2) all levels of DSD students demonstrated statistically significant growth in reading skills, with students in the highest level course scoring above the RCC proficiency level; (3) writing test results demonstrated that DSD students were in need of basic writing skills instruction and that the instruction did result in improved writing skills; (4) 88% of fall 1990 and 82% of spring 1991 mathematics students had either completed the DSD course with 100% accuracy or made significant progress toward that goal; and (5) in the reading program, students placed at higher levels made significant gains while those who entered at lower levels did not. RCC's competency assessment policy is appended. (MAB)