The California Assessments in Career Education program (ACE) was designed to recognize students at the high school level who demonstrate outstanding achievement on rigorous examinations in selected career and technical areas including:

• Agriculture Core
• Computer Science and Information Technology
• Food Service and Hospitality
• Health Care, Level 1
• Technology Core

Educational Data Systems worked as a contractor to the State of California for scoring and reporting results of ACE from its inception until 2002.