Yes, and they are in every teacher education program in the state and nation. It is the testing process that subverts and undermines the actual effort of the teachers to focus on the usability and applications of core academic subject material in real life. First, many other professions, especially business and industry make resource demands all the time. When the government mandates action such as greater air pollution control accountability, business screams loudly about cost and resources needed to meet the government standards. The most aggressive demand by business and industry for state resources is found in the form of tax abatements, programs which, ironically, take monies directly away from public schools.
Every tax abatement means taxpayer subsidy of business.
Nor are they required to account for the quality of their service to clients other than in very general, non-invasive ways. What the writer is ignorant of is the simple principle that because the state requires and compels children to attend school, the state must be held accountable for providing resources for the efficient and effective schooling it requires of school districts. The argument given by the writer is foolishly blind. Regardless of the number of courses they have completed in medical school, doctors must still pass state boards before they can treat patients. But we can imagine the howls if graduates of education colleges were required to pass a state licensure examination before being entrusted with the education of the state's children.