The latter is the responsibility of the Czech School Inspectorate (CSI). Mandatory external school evaluations are conducted in a 3-year cycle. These involve, for each school in the system, a sequence of activities comprising a preparatory phase for the school, a visit by a team of inspectors including the observation of teaching and learning in the classroom, the publication of the team’s report, and a follow-up phase to respond to the recommendations in the report which typically involves the organising bodies (regions and municipalities).