"expectations for progress" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to the anticipated process of making improvements or development. For example, "The teacher had high expectations for progress from her students."
Expectations for progress are low heading into the I.M.F. and World Bank meetings.
The United States and five other nations announced Tuesday that they had agreed to reopen talks with Tehran, though expectations for progress are low.
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, stoked expectations for progress when he flew to Frankfurt on Wednesday for a brief meeting with Mrs. Merkel as his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, was giving birth to a daughter in Paris.
President Robinson, the other envoys and I have become friends, and we are allies in this effort, sharing the same hopes and expectations for progress in the region and for the success of the Framework Agreement.
Contrary to a common prevalent discourse that there has been a pervasive failure to meet MDG-based expectations for progress in in maternal and child health, our analysis implies a less dire and more nuanced situation.
Expectations for great progress are low and friction on important proposals is high.
Satisfactory – Reliably meeting expectations for academic progress and performance; planning and goal setting is realistic and appropriate.
"After 7 years of hearing Repeal & Replace, why not done?" McConnell had accused Trump of having "excessive expectations" for legislative progress during remarks to a Rotary Club in Kentucky on Monday.
When a pregnant woman is admitted during the latent phase of labor, physicians should set reasonable expectations for labor progress to avoid unnecessary interventions and anxiety [ 1].
Set reasonable expectations for your progress.
This is an analogous approach overall to a separate analysis by Walker et al. that adjusted expectations of progress for the year 2035 based on each country's trajectory in implementing different public practices between 1990 and 2011.
