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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Most charter operators did not come close to hitting their targets, predicting, for example, that they could move students from 50 percent proficiency to 80 or even 100 percent in four or five years. The No Child Left Behind targets, set in 2001, became more flexible in 2011, after U.S.