User blog comment:NovaSims/I Found Mumby!!/@comment-1630894-20120523201559/@comment-4656717-20120526085747

I must say, THANK GOD I live in Australia (well, Queensland more specifically)

In QLD, we have no external exams, (except for NAPLAN, which doesn't count for anything).

All our assesment in this state is done within the school.

But we don't get IBs, we get OPs, which are only in QLD.