In fall 1992, a study was conducted at the Eastern Campus of Cuyahoga Community College, in Ohio, to gather data on student performance in the developmental English program and propose appropriate rates of academic progress for different groupings of students. Academic records were analyzed for all 877 students enrolled in developmental English courses (i.e., English 097, 098, 099) and English 101 during fall 1988, recording each student's sex, race, age, English course enrolled in fall 1988, entry English course placement, time of class offering, highest level English course successfully completed by spring 1991, English course grades, overall grade point average (GPA), number of credit hours completed by fall 1992, and persistence rates. Study findings included the following: (1) females outnumbered males 567 to 310, the mean age was 24.956 years, and nonwhites exceeded whites 511 to 366; (2) two-thirds of the sample (n=581) had placed into developmental English courses; (3) academic success in terms of GPA was found to be related to English course placement, as students placing into English 097 had an overall GPA of 1.625, compared to 2.372 for those placing into 101; and (4) differences in overall GPA were also found for age, race, and sex, with older white females showing the highest rates of success and younger nonwhite males showing the lowest. Based on findings, it was recommended that these findings be used by faculty and administrators to determine standards of program excellence until further student performance studies can be conducted. Forty-eight data tables are appended. (KP)