The validity of the Communication Skills and General Knowledge portions of the NTE (National Teacher Examination) Core Battery as predictors of student performance was examined, including scores on the test of professional knowledge required for certification in teacher education programs. This predictive validity was compared to that of the Scholastic Aptitude Test mathematics and verbal scores and grade point averages representing the first and second halves of students' college work. A multiple regression technique was used with data from the records of 444 graduates from the University of North Carolina; data concerned the subjects' freshmen and sophomore years. Tests were not any more useful than were the grade point averages of freshman and sophomore years in predicting academic performance. The test scores did predict student performance on the test of professional knowledge. Further research is needed to determine whether such scores predict actual teaching performance. Three tables present statistical data. (SLD)