Digital SAT Reading & Writing · Measured

The Order of a Reading and Writing Module

Last updated October 26, 2026

By Kevyn Lee · Counted across 108 modules

A Digital SAT Reading and Writing module has 27 questions, and its question types come in a set order of domains: Craft and Structure, then Information and Ideas, then Standard English Conventions, then Expression of Ideas. The borders move by a question or so from test to test, around questions 7, 15 and 21. Question 1 was Words in Context in 107 of 108 modules, and question 27 was Rhetorical Synthesis in 108 of 108.

• What the count shows
• Position by position
• Questions per type
• The full table
• How it was counted

What the count shows

• Four blocks, in a set order. Of the 2,916 questions counted, 2,683 (92%) sat inside their domain’s usual block: questions 1–7, 8–15, 16–21 and 22–27. Of the rest, 77% sat right at a border, where a block runs one question longer or shorter on some tests.
• The first and last questions are fixed. Question 1 was Words in Context in 107 of 108 modules; question 27 was Rhetorical Synthesis in 108 of 108.
• Cross-Text Connections is real but never the most common type at any position. It appeared around questions 6–9 in 21 of 54 first modules and 45 of 54 second modules, so a single “average module” built from the most common type at each position would leave it out entirely.
• Module 2 is not a copy of Module 1. Inferences: 2.1 per Module 1, 3.0 per Module 2; Central Ideas and Details: 2.0 per Module 1, 1.1 per Module 2; Cross-Text Connections: 0.4 per Module 1, 0.8 per Module 2.

Position by position

Each row is a question type, each column a position from 1 to 27. The darker the square, the larger the share of the 54 modules that had that type at that position. Squares with a number show the count where it was half of the modules or more.

Module 1

Module 2

Questions per type

Average number of questions of each type per module.

The full table

Module 1

Module 2

How it was counted

• Source. Kevyn AI's 54 full-length tests. Kevyn Lee recreated each one from a Digital SAT form given between November 2024 and June 2026: every question is newly written on the logic of the original, and each test keeps the original's question types in their original order. Each test has a first and a second module, counted separately: 54 of each.
• What was counted. At each of the 27 positions, which question type sat there, using the eleven types of the Digital SAT Reading and Writing section.
• Always current. The count is taken from the test library itself and refreshed every day, so each new test is included as soon as it is published.
• Difficulty is not counted. On the real test, Module 2 is easier or harder depending on Module 1. These counts describe the order of types only.
• No questions are shown. This page reports positions and counts, nothing from any test.

The Kevyn AI Question Bank uses these same counts for its module mix: 27 questions in the order of a real module, each position drawn from what the 108 modules put there. Every question type has its own page in Question Types.