Focus on the Process and the Results Will Come Naturally
How is Friske Test Prep Different?
We are NOT a distantly owned franchise or corporate tutoring company.
We are a small, family owned and locally operated tutoring studio.
We do NOT teach to large groups of students in a classroom or boardroom.
We teach in a comfortable environment with no more than 5 students per session.
We do NOT provide one-size-fits-all learning plans.
We perform advanced proprietary statistical analysis of student testing with data guiding our highly personalized learning plans.
We do NOT teach bootcamps.
We teach comprehensive programs that treat these exams with the seriousness that they demand.
We do NOT see our students as just another number.
We heavily invest in our students and their performance. Our students’ success is our only metric.
We do NOT have a large group of unqualified tutors.
Tyler Friske, MD is the only instructor ensuring that your student receives the highest quality prep.
The Foundation of Our Programs
Personalized
Each of our programs has been designed to be highly personalized and customizable. Struggling with the Math section of the ACT? Are SAT grammar questions your student’s Achille’s heel? We have over 40 hours of content for every aspect of each test, ensuring that our students get the help that they need without compromise.
Data Driven
All of our programs include highly detailed personal learning plans based on each student’s practice test performance. We perform advanced proprietary statistical analysis to the sub-question level for each exam. Why is this important? Because this degree of resolution allows our students to be focused on the topics they need the most help with!
Comprehensive
Our experience, backed by the latest in education research, suggests that bootcamps are ineffective. Would you inadequately prepare for the most important event in your life? At the time that our students take their exam, the test is likely the most important of their academic career. We treat these exams with the gravity that they demand. This is why all of our programs provide a comprehensive review of every aspect of the exam.
Continuous Improvement
The national standardized testing landscape is continually changing. Therefore, our programs are also continually adapting to these changes. We do not rest on our past students’ results. We work tirelessly every day to ensure that our students are receiving the highest quality, most up-to-date preparation possible.
Evidence Based
Our programs are created based on the latest in education research on standardized testing to make certain our students receive the highest quality preparation possible.
Student Centered
Our students are unique, each with their own needs and learning styles. Our programs are adaptable to meet every student’s goals. Whether a student is looking attend a dream university or pay for their college education through academic scholarships, we are here to make it happen! Our students’ success is our only goal.
Process Focused
When you focus on the process, results follow naturally. This is why we are obsessive about the test preparation process. All of our programs have been thoughtfully constructed focusing on the process of exam-directed learning. After learning our process, many of our students say that they become better test takers in general. Being an elite test taker is a learned skill. Let us help your student learn the process required to perform at their absolute best!
Transparent
We are proud of our programs and what our process can do for our students. What you see and what we say is what you get in our program.
Friske Test Prep’s Three Pillars of Success
Fundamental Knowledge
A strong foundation in english language and math fundamentals is the first step in pursuing a top exam score. Our programs are designed to identify all knowledge gaps in test-related topics. We reteach and review all exam-specific content that each of our students are expected to know to perform well on their exam. Each of our students’ learning plans includes personalized focused topic reviews to ensure that every student is receiving the concentrated, individualized test prep they need, without wasting time and resources on topics they already know.
Test Strategy
Test strategy, understanding the way each exam is written and how to perform well on each individual question type, is as important to a student’s success as the fundamental knowledge a student obtains while preparing for these exams. While some testing strategies are universal, many depend on a student’s learning style and preferences. We work with our students individually to help incorporate the testing strategies that work and to help troubleshoot those that don’t so that each of our students are fully prepared to successfully answer any question that comes their way.
Exam Psychology
Our thoughts and feelings during the preparation and administration of an exam are as important as fundamental knowledge and test strategy. A student can be fully prepared for their exam but their performance may not reflect their ability if testing anxiety gets in the way. We discuss testing anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, emotional reactivity to difficulty questions, and more in our programs so that our students have coping techniques to help them perform their best in a high-pressure testing environment.
The Friske Test Prep Playbook
What is our process in action? This is the day-to-day process our students experience that leads to their success.
Diagnostic Testing
All of our students take an initial diagnostic test and up to six additional tests during their program. In addition to excellent practice for the exam, this testing allows us to diagnose problem areas and ensure that the focused topic reviews and practice are working to improve scores.
In Depth Statistical Analysis
Our proprietary advanced statistical analysis of student test performance allows us to identify areas for improved performance. This analysis is the key to customizing a student’s learning plan to focus on areas in which they struggle most. This step is the key to effective, efficient test prep.
Diagnostic Test Corrections
Educational research has taught us that high quality test review and corrections is the most important component of the standardized test prep process and is often the part of the process that students struggle the most with when self-studying. Reviewing one’s mistakes can be an uncomfortable process. We provide the necessary accountability to ensure that each of our students understands where they went wrong and how to approach a similar question or topic in the future.
Personal Learning Plan Development
After statistical analysis and test corrections, we develop a personal learning plan custom tailored to a student’s current performance. This allows for an unparalleled degree of customizability and adaptability so that our students are receiving the most personalized test prep experience possible.
Focused Topic and Strategy Review
After test corrections, we focus on the topics a student struggled with most on the prior diagnostic test. We review the fundamental knowledge required to be successful, the tested and reliable strategies that improve performance, and every known variation of question for each topic. Which topics students focus on is independent of every other student in the program and dependent on each individual student’s performance on their latest practice test.
Concentrated Question Practice
Following topic and strategy review, we put theory into practice with progressively more difficult problem sets. Problem difficulty adapts to a student’s individual performance so that weak topic performance improves and strong topic performance becomes even stronger and more consistent. This practice solidifies a student’s understanding of a specific topic and allows for improved testing accuracy when they see a similar question on their official exam.
Iterate
We repeat this process with a new benchmark practice test so that a student’s program adapts to their current understanding of each exam topic.
Unlimited Home Practice
Our most successful students augment their test prep program with robust home practice. Each of our students receives an exam-specific high quality review book that they complete at home in parallel with their test prep program. If a student completes their home practice book, they will receive another! We recommend that our students study at least as many hours at home as they do while studying with us. The synergistic effects of our program and home practice lead to the most significant score growth possible.