A study involving 29 teachers and 21 teacher educators was conducted to determine whether differences occur between the two groups on a cut-score study of the National Teacher Examination (NTE) Professional Knowledge Test. The 50 professionals were the judges for a validation and cut-score study prior to implementing use of the NTE for initial certification in Arkansas. The teachers assessed each test item for its job-related relevance to determination of minimum teacher qualification and estimated the percent of minimally qualified candidates who would correctly answer the item. The teacher educators judged each item with respect to content coverage in the teacher education curriculum and made the same estimates as did teachers concerning the percent of minimally qualified candidates who would correctly answer the item. Results indicate that: (1) 91 of the 105 items were considered valid; (2) mean percent estimates for teachers were larger than those for teacher educators on 87 of the 91 items; and (3) the difference between the cut-score for teacher educators and the combined groups was quite small. (TJH)