Harding Charter Preparatory High School has received the “2011 College Readiness Award” for increasing the number of students taking the ACT Assessment over the past five years and significantly increasing their level of achievement and college readiness. This award was given to 32 schools state wide and Harding Charter prep was one of the 32.
ACT, Inc. is the not for profit organization that provides assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of education and workforce development and the publisher of ACT Assessment. The ACT Assessment is the college admissions test that is used and accepted by all colleges nationwide and throughout Oklahoma. In 2011, over 76% of Oklahoma students took the ACT which is the predominant college admissions and readiness achievement in test in Oklahoma.
According to Karen L. Pennell, Assistant Vice President and ACT Southwest Regional Manager, “We wanted to recognize those Oklahoma high schools that have made significant strides in increasing the college readiness of their graduates as demonstrated by their ACT score increases over the past five years. This can only happen as a result of the high school’s faculty and staff efforts and the dedication of Harding Charter Preparatory High School students and parents to focus on college readiness and raise the level of college readiness for all students.