. >> reporter: state officials don't have exact numbers for participation in the parc test yet but in some districts like cherry hill there have been parents that opted out. here in cherry hill high schools they have only about 25 percent or so of the students that actually started taking the test. needless to say there is a lot of parents that are concerned. >> not cookie cutter. >> reporter: katie refused to let her son michael take partnership for assessment of readiness for college and careers test known as parc test. >> i don't think it is benefiting him at all. >> reporter: she brought up thursday to watch new jersey lawmakers grill the the state commissioner of education about the test. >> i'm in the convinced that what we're trying to assess through parc is really going to be beneficial to the students. >> reporter: unlike previous standardized test the parc is done on computers, requires more writing and less multiple choice. the the commissioner says misinformation about the test is rampant over stating the classroom time it consumes and how much it is used to judge teacher

refuse to let their children take partnership for ready and college and career test men as the the parc. >> he is not cookie cutter one size fits all and that is how they are educating them. all narrowed, to these tests. >> reporter: tuesday new jersey lawmakers brought those concerns to the state commissioner of education. >> what i'm concerned about is the fact that i'm hearing so much negativity from parents. >> reporter: some say the test is computer based and difficult for students who are less tech savvy, who are learning english as a second language. >> i share your concerns. i think our learning message has in the reverb rated and we need to double down on that without a doubt. >> reporter: for about a month new jersey teachers union run tvad critical of the test. >> standardized test is one of the weakest way to assess student learning and knowledge. >> what it is doing for students they teach and is what happening in classrooms because of it. >> reporter: state officials say parents need to look at educational benefits of the parc which gives more specific feedback then previo

than 45,000 students refused to take it. >> is what happening with the parc test is unhealth toy our parents have suspicion about the test in general, how it is administered, amount of class time utilized, what are the results being used for. >> reporter: new jersey's assembly considered a bill giving parents the right to opt out of the the parc and requiring schools to provide meaningful alternative during the the test times. it passed unanimously though with a concern. >> people in new jersey should have the option but i don't want anyone to interpret this vote or at least my vote as encouraging people to opt out. >> reporter: one bill sponsor stopped the claims that low participation in the parc will jeopardize federal school funding. >> it hasn't had happened in any other state. when all else fails they will use that one. >> reporter: supporters say even though it easily passed the assembly over here on the the senate side it could be a challenge. measure was placed in committee more than a month ago but so far no movement. in trenton, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> po

some parents are having their kid skip the parc exams because of concerns over testing. how the result license used and whether the the exam is appropriate. but new jersey's education commissioner says that parents and educators will come to appreciate the test once they see the tea tailed results. >>> big news from the eagles this morning. the the bird have a a agreed to a five-year contract with running back demarco murray. >> it seems every dave this week there has been another new huge head line. so this time it is murray. 's lived in philadelphia yesterday and signed a deal. he came with his girlfriend, by the the way. here she comes out of the car. wait just a second. >> she get there. >> because, he is going to get 42 million, 21 million guarantied. >> what are you trying to say about her. >> would you leave him. >> or would you leave her? no way. murray was nfl leading rusher last season and offensive player of the year. he helped dallas cowboys win the the nfc east title. we will hear about his decision to play in philly coming up in sports. >> he is even richer

the testing questions are called parc. in new jersey, a student posted something about the test, twitter asked the superintendent to ask the child to take it down. the superintendent instead asked the testing company to stop watching your students' twitter accounts. both sides have a pretty good argument. monitoring social media in kids is not unusual. this high school pays an outside company to watch for posts that may indicate a student may hurt himself or others. a statement today should give us some kind of indication when it intends to raise interest rates. it's especially news now because the fed habsn't raised rates in nearly ten years. the economy is going along swimmingly. consumer spending, for some reason, americans are not spending as much as economists think they should. it could be because wages haven't risen or it could be because of this. we forget most of the united states until very recently. boston got 106 inches of snow this year. tahoe got around 70. know. what a difference there. >> and nobody's spend