Inconsistencies in accreditation processes within countries are
multiplied when one considers the set of transition countries.
Woodhouse (1999) suggested considerable variation exists across
countries in the consistency of processes as applied to public versus private institutions. Members of OECD countries and representatives
of Central and Eastern European States reviewed educational
reforms in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In each
report, commentary was included about the numbers and processes
used in considering private institutions (e.g., Reviews of National
Policies for Education: Estonia). Statistics on the number of private
institutions operating in any transition country transition should be
viewed skeptically.