Remedial education is central to the community college mission and its commitment to educational access for all students. Remedial education in open admission community colleges provides students with opportunities to acquire prerequisite competencies necessary for college-level coursework. Many of today's college students are not academically strong enough to manage college-level work, and some would argue, should not have been admitted into college in the first place. Proponents of remediation feel that postsecondary remediation fills an important role by providing opportunities to rectify disparities generated in primary and secondary schooling to acquire the prerequisite competencies that are crucial for engaging in college-level coursework. On the other hand, critics argue that remediation diminishes academic standards and devalues postsecondary credentials. This article includes a literature review of past studies regarding college remediation in mathematics and its impact on postsecondary success. The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of college-level remedial math programs, specifically in community colleges. In this study, chi-square independence test and logistic regression were used to compare the long-term academic outcomes of 1,169 first-year community college students. Findings show that students requiring remediation in mathematics and successfully remediated into a college-level math class, experienced comparable outcomes to those not requiring math remediation. This indicates that remedial math programs can be highly effective at resolving skill deficiencies. © 2014 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.