What works in Utrecht
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Evidence snapshot for Utrecht
Snappet — AI-adaptive primary school practice in the Netherlands was founded in Utrecht in 2012 and now operates an adaptive tablet-based learning platform used daily by more than 3,000 Dutch primary schools (roughly one third of the national total). A 2016 quasi-experimental study found that grade-4 pupils using Snappet gained an average of 2.63 arithmetic skill points—equivalent to approximately 1.5 months of additional instructional time—compared to paper-based control classes, though grade-2 effects were mixed. The evidence does not quantify Snappet's current employment or economic footprint in Utrecht itself.
Drawn from: Snappet — AI-adaptive primary school practice in the Netherlands · Dutch Water Boards' Muskrat & Coypu Control Programme — Nationwide Dike Protection (Netherlands) · Valuta voor Veen — Dutch National Peatland Carbon Credit Standard · EduGenAI — SURF and Npuls' Privacy-by-Design Generative-AI Platform for Dutch Education, DPIA-Cleared Before National Rollout · Utrecht's Green-Roofed Bus Shelters & Municipal Green Roof Subsidy
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Transparency, ethics & data protection +33 pts 83 here · 50 average
Scalability & sustainability +17 pts 83 here · 66 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +16 pts 67 here · 51 average
Governance, certification & transferability +12 pts 78 here · 66 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -13 pts 22 here · 35 average
Equity & inclusion -21 pts 33 here · 54 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Utrecht. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Snappet — AI-adaptive primary school practice in the Netherlands · 67
Dutch Water Boards' Muskrat & Coypu Control Programme — Nationwide Dike Protection (Netherlands) · 53
Valuta voor Veen — Dutch National Peatland Carbon Credit Standard · 47
Utrecht's Green-Roofed Bus Shelters & Municipal Green Roof Subsidy · 33
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more