• Admission to ACCESS Academy is by application and lottery. 

    The ACCESS Lottery for the 2025–2026 school year closed on March 12th, 2025. 

    Eligibility Requirements:

    Applicant has scored at the 99th percentile or above on a nationally-normed assessment of Reading, Math, and/or Cognitive Ability from any academic year.

    The student must have a composite (not sub-test) score (in Reading, Math, or Cognitive Ability specifically) at the 99th percentile to be considered for ACCESS. At this time, PPS uses OSAS (state testing), MAP Growth (district benchmark testing, this is different from MAP Fluency), and NNAT (district TAG testing) as ACCESS applicable tests. 

    We also accept scores from the following list of tests:

    • Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
    • Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS)
    • iReady Math Diagnostic
    • Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement
    • MAP Growth, NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association)
    • Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)
    • Naglieri General Ability Test (Verbal, Nonverbal, or Quantitative)
    • Oregon Statewide Assessments (OSAS)
    • Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)
    • Stanford Bennet Achievement Test
    • Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) 
    • Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI)
    • Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT)
    • Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities 

    Neither the ACCESS nor the district team are able to provide information about private testing. 

    Applicants must be currently enrolled PPS students or reside within PPS boundaries. For an out-of-district student to apply to a criteria-based lottery in PPS, they must first be approved in the inter-district lottery which opens in early May.  After enrolling in an approved neighborhood school or non-criteria-based program, students can then apply to criteria-based programs (such as ACCESS) where they meet eligibility.