I agree that there is something missing in the certification arena. I just completed the MCTS and MCITP for SQL Server 2008 Database Administration, and I was disappointed in the difficulty of the tests. I felt that the MCITP test (70-450) should have been the MCTS (70-432). I passed both tests quite easily and, honestly, I have no experience with most of the enterprise level tasks that are on the test (clustering, mirroring, log shipping, etc...). I think it should have been harder for to pass the tests because of the lack of experience.

In my opinion, this is one of the areas where PASS should be leading. Either PASS should develop a better certification or it should be working with MS to produce a better certification process.