Tech Standards

There are quite a few technical standards for teachers to show "proficiency" in as an educator. I know from my experience last year that most teachers are nowhere near proficient in these standards, so I had to do things for them on the computer sometimes. Is this a wish list? Why does the public school system set standards that set people up for failure? The TEKS certainly seem alright in many suburban districts, but there is so much failure in the urban districts it seems like the standards do not match the situation. Is this another case of raising the bar even though we know many schools and educators won't reach it? It seems to me that if these standards were taken seriously, there would be a greater emphasis and effort by state and federal government to train teachers in this field. We cannot expect educators that are trained in the fine arts to be proficient in all of these standards without considerable time, effort, and training after college.