This study reports the findings of that part of the 1969-70 National Assessment of Educational Progress which surveyed certain kinds of writing skills. Respondents were children, teenagers, and young adults (ages 26-35) who wrote exercises related to the objectives of (1) writing to communicate adequately in a social situation, (2) writing to communicate adequately in a business or vocational situation, (3) writing to communicate adequately in a scholastic situation, and (4) appreciating the value of writing. The survey is divided into four chapters, each of which reports detailed results of the exercises related to the four objectives. Results are discussed and reported in graph and chart form and are presented for an age group as a whole and for groups representing (1) different regions of the country, (2) both sexes, (3) different races, (4) different sizes and types of communities, and (5) for persons having different parental education. (See related document ED 051 245.) (Some material will have poor reproducibility due to type size.) (DI) Primary type of information provided by report: Results (Subgroup).