<p>I have read many posts where people talked about how SAT questions are usually in the order of difficulty level meaning the difficulty levels of questions go from easy to hard. </p>
<p>when I look at the answer sheets, they also mention difficulty levels and it is not in order. Like you can see difficulty level 1, 3 and 5 then 1. Does anyone have more information on this?</p>
<p>The test is not structured to have you progress from easy questions at the beginning, then getting progressively harder questions, and then having the hardest questions at the end of section. Easier questions are intermixed with more difficult ones throughout. It is not as simple as labeling difficulty levels 1 to 5, including because some who can easily answer many difficult Q’s may blank out on an easy one (including by trying to read too much into it). Also “hard” can often just mean something that takes more time to read and answer than other questions and thus is “hard” because it takes away precious time you will need for others. Doing practice tests will give you your own needed sense of what might be hard or easy.</p>
<p>Hmmm. I think the OP asked a fairly straightforward question…</p>
<p>Difficulty Trends by SAT section
with a few notable exceptions over the years</p>
<p>Critical Reading (sentence completion) - progression from easy to difficult
Critical Reading (reading comprehension) - typically no discernible progression in difficulty</p>
<p>Math (multiple-choice [MC] only sections) - progression from easy to difficult
Math (MC + grid-in section) -
MC: progression from easy to difficult
Grid-in: progression from easy to difficult</p>
<p>Writing (35 question section) -
Improving sentences - progression from easy to difficult
Identifying sentence errors - progression from easy to difficult
Improving paragraphs - typically no discernible progression in difficulty
Writing (14 question section) -
Improving sentences - progression from easy to difficult</p>