This paper reports the results of a study conducted to examine the predictive validity of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (NDRT) in the Virginia Community College System. Subjects were students at Blue Ridge Community College enrolled in English 101, 102, 111, 112, and Psychology 201, 202, or 203 during one academic year. The NDRT (Form A) was administered to students in each of the seven courses who were present on the day of administration. At the conclusion of each academic quarter, final grades were assembled. Means and standard deviations of the NDRT and final grades were computed as were product-moment correlations between NDRT scores and grades. Results indicated that NDRT Raw Vocabulary and Raw Comprehension scores correlated positively with final grades. Correlations were generally higher for Psychology than English. This difference may be accounted for by the fact that Psychology places greater reliance on reading than does English. These results indicated that NDRT scores predict course grades to the extent that course content is gleaned by reading. NDRT Rate scores do not serve as good predictors. Study data is presented in tabular form. (Author/JDS)