pass a parcc test or you don't graduate. parcc stands for partnership for assessments of readiness for college and careers. and the state board of education with governor christie's support says every, single student has to make the grade. parents are upset. >> i'm concerned that this test score doesn't reflect kids' learning. >> reporter: today the state decided there will be no more opting out. >> i'm pleased to report that positive gains in math and english language arts. >> reporter: but still more than 50% did not score high enough to get a diploma. >> i'm saying to the governor, please, stop this crusade for parcc. give your children fairness in schools. let's keep the excellent school system that way. >> reporter: some say it's acting outside its authority that a law must be passed to change graduation exam is useful. my kid has always had great experiences with teachers being able to assess how she is doing. >> reporter: new jersey has been required standardized tests for a couple of years now but students had choice

students performed on the parcc test. the mayor and education officials will make announcement this morning. the parcc test measures how students perform on common core academic standards. >>> 5:06 now. >>> hoarding conditions made fighting a house fire in southeast washington even more difficult. fire officials say furniture and clothing were piled up all over this home. firefighters were able to contain the flames to one side of the duplex on v street near pennsylvania avenue yesterday. the person who lived there was able to get out. >>> today in decision 2016, the presidential candidates will be on opposite sides of the country. donald trump will head to washington and hillary clinton will continue raising money in the hamptons. aides say she raised at least $2.8 million in three small >>> tracie potts will have a preview of donald trump's immigration speech tomorrow and the potential impact clinton aide humea abedin's separation from anthony weiner will have on the campaign. >>> researchers from puerto rico will discu

tonight at 6:00 parcc exam outrage. new jersey lawmakers say the controversial test will be a requirement to graduate high school even though most states are doing away with it. is it even legal in new students and educators. also tonight a disease destroying some trees in the tri-state area and scientists say this problem could spread. tonight at 6:00, we'll take you to the neighborhoods most affected and explain what homeowners should look for on their trees. those stories and more tonight at 6:00. >>> right now at 5:00, a landmark queens milk factory is shutting its doors. the nearly century old elmhurst dairy says that changing consumer habits will force it to close. >> the owner hopes to create a nearly 300 employees are now looking for jobs. cbs 2's vanessa murdoch has more. >> reporter: the conveyor belt runs nonstop inside the elmhurst dairy carrying millions of gallons of pasteurized milk. the plant has been a mainstay in jamaica, queens since 1936. but now long-time employees are wondering where their paycheck

the parcc test measures how students perform on common core academic standards. >>> i want to check 4 things to know about our forecast. a little bit of humidity, chuck? >> a little bit. not so bad compared to a few weeks ago. you are going to notice it a bit outside first thing this morning, our awful august continues. likely to be up to near 90 degrees again today, probably tomorrow as well, to finish out the month. first day of september is thursday. it looks like we'll have least a chance for showers coming on wednesday night into the middle parts of the day thursday. tropical trouble still brewing we've got two different depressions off north carolina and the florida coast. we're tracking those for us. and for us, it looks like a laudable labor day weekend. for now, exclusively, yours, the latest information possible from melissa mollet. >>> on the safe track surge that we're still dealing with until sunday september 11th. remember on the blue line, a lot of delays because of the single tracking between franconia and van dorn street, because of the safe track surge number 8. taki

exceed expectations in english and math, but still overall, the scores on this exam what is called the parcc exam are up from last year. is it a big enough improvement? >> while i'm very very pleased with the progress we have made, i'm not satisfied with our current performance. >> reporter: when dc students sat down to take the test that measures their readiness for college and jobs, the chancellor wanted them to do better than the year before and they did, but not by a lot. >> reporter: roughly 26% of dc students who took the exam met or exceeded expectations when it came to english and language arts. in math, 24% met or exceeded expectations. a slight improvement from last year, but it still means over 50% of dc students are not ready for college or a career. >> we also have a lot of work left to do. after decades of languishing, we are not going to fix dcps in just a few years. >> alex is 7. he will be 8 in 2 weeks. >> reporter: lynet te fletcher johnson is a mom. >> he was in a public school, but it wasn't working for us. >> reporter: the students like alex also took the test. overall t

new jersey board of education is set to vote on the controversial plan requiring students to pass parcc in order to graduate. >>> pre-k education was highlighted today. john king hosted a round table discussion in wilmington. over the past four years, delaware has gotten federal grant money to increase their early childhood education programs. >>> today in the white house, president obama took a direct shot at donald trump doubting his ability to lead in the oval office. >> i think the republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. i said so last week, and he keeps on proving it. >> president obama's remarks were referring to the war of words between trump and the family of a muslim american soldier killed in iraq. it's what happened at a trump rally today that is creating more controversy. we'll have more on that coming up at 5:30. >>. >> concern about the zika virus, 15 people have being diagnosed by the spread of zika virus. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman is live at the big board. >> reporter: they are telling pregnant women to avoid this area in south florida, f

. >>> and the results of the parcc standardized tests are out. just over one-fourth of students are college and career ready for math and english. students are making progress but there is still room for improvement. >> when you are trying to rebuild an entire system, you can't do everything at once, so i expect that the investments that we made this year will begin to see payoffs. >> charter school slightly higher scores than city public schools. >>> with school already starting for some and around the corner for so many others, many teenagers may be struggling to get back on a healthy sleep schedule. most will be able to make the adjustment without too much difficulty, but for some others, falling asleep at a reasonable hour and waking up for school can be a real challenge. this may be due to a condition known as delayed sleep phase syndrome. joining us today, dr. joshua weiner here to explain. this is not just i'm procrastinating -- >> i'm playing video games because i want to and don't really want to go to bed. >> this is a thing that a lot o

i mean we'll actually releaseele the parcc scores and talk abouta them next week sometime.> oka >> but the -- that's the sort oo i think conglomerate picture tht real picture when you digou d underneath it there are lots ofr schools that have done particularly well especially oue third to eighth great schools. o high schools we saw little littl funkiness around some of the testing. sting. and so i'm excited to be able tt explain that next week to folksl >> we'll be listening for that. >> here's my question.uestio as you leave, what was leftas l undone? what are the thingss that the list is this long, i'mm sure, but what's left undone asn far as you see? see >> i mean there are lots more -- there's lots more work that we e need to do. to i'm super excited that we're ono track to meeting our goal of 50,000 students this year.sea which will be a water shedaterhe moment for our enrollment but w need to keep building ourin o enrollment. i want to, you know, keep movinn our graduation rate.n rat we expect it to go up again thit year but i want to be at least 75% of our young peop