Common Core State Standards for ELA and Literacy, 6

What is the purpose of the college and career readiness?
College and career readiness is suppose to prepare students for future education.  Students will need to learn to do independent research and writing and to be social adapt in conversation.

What are the benefits and challenges of the shift reading and writing nonfiction texts?
Reading literature and informational text are the two categories that are implemented help students read more complex text.  The standards call for reading to be taught over all subjects, where students read more informational and complex text. 

What are the benefits and challenges of having standards for Science, Social Studies, and technical subjects?
The standards for Science, Social Studies, and technical studies are rigorous, more performance based, require you to apply knowledge, and embed assessments over instruction.  The standards will help students to learn to think on their own. However, the standards may place too much restriction and control on content and how the teacher chooses to teach lessons.  Also, the assessments are too difficult for children, that it discourages them.