We have chosen not to accelerate but I agree with you:
1) We have Everyday Math too. Blah!
2) 35 kids in a class in 4th-6th!
3) Our grade school just enetered Program Project Improvement with NCLBI.
4) Our school board just decided to do a random lottery to let in kids for our self-contained G/T program, for everyone who gets above the 96% on the OLSAT, WISC, etc. Instead of ranking them! Grrr...