DEBATE
WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE
Ballot
Tournament: Date:
Round: Room: Print Judge Name:
Motion:
PROP TEAM name/code: OPP TEAM name/code:
List the last names of the speakers of each team below, along with their score (see rubric on the back).
REMINDER: Scores should be between 60-80 for the first three speeches, 30-40 for the reply speech (see scoring standards on back).
Proposition Speakers Opposition Speakers
Name: Name:
1 1
Content: Style: Strategy: Content: Style: Strategy:
(2432) (2432) (1216) (2432) (2432) (1216)
Speaker 1 Total Points (6080): /8060 Speaker 1 Total Points (6080): /8060
Name: Name:
2 2
Content: Style: Strategy: Content: Style: Strategy:
(2432) (2432) (1216) (2432) (2432) (1216)
Speaker 2 Total Points (6080): /8060 Speaker 2 Total Points (6080): /8060
Name: Name:
3 3
Content: Style: Strategy: Content: Style: Strategy:
(2432) (2432) (1216) (2432) (2432) (1216)
Speaker 3 Total Points (6080): /8060 Speaker 3 Total Points (6080): /8060
Name: Name:
REPLY REPLY
Content: Style: Strategy: Content: Style: Strategy:
(1216) (1216) (68) (1216) (1216) (68)
Reply Total Points (3040): /4030 Reply Total Points (3040): /4030
PROP TOTAL POINTS: OPP TOTAL POINTS:
THE TEAM WITH THE MOST POINTS, WINNING THE DEBATE IS: (There are no low point winsthe team with the higher score wins)
TEAM CODE: REPRESENTING THE (circle one): PROPOSITION OPPOSITION
COMMENTS:
Judge Signature: School/Affiliation:
National Speech & Debate Association updated 04/06/16 WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE: Ballot
DEBATE
WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE
Instructions to Judges
DIRECTIONS:
In World Schools debate, the winning team is the team with the most points, so there are no low point wins. The score
for each speech is based on a combination of style, content, and strategy: they are not merely speaker points. Please use
the guidelines below in determining your scores, bearing in mind that your score should reflect a combination of the three
criteria and not simply reflect the quality of the speakers delivery overall.
Style: 40% of the total score. Speakers should communicate clearly using effective rate, pitch, tone, hand gestures, facial
expressions, etc. The use of notes should not be penalized unless it hinders delivery; however, speakers should not read
their speeches. Notes are to be used only for reference.
Content: 40% of the total score. This portion of the score should focus on the argumentation used by the speaker,
divorced from the style. Weak arguments should be marked accordingly, even if the other team does not expose a weak
argument. Judges should not be influenced by their own personal beliefs or specialized knowledge when making this
decision.
Strategy: 20% of the total score. Strategy consists of whether or not the speaker understands the importance of the
issues in the debate and the structure/timing of the speech. Debaters should identify the most substantive issues and
allocate their time to covering issues based on the relative importance. Strategy may also consider answers to points of
information and choosing when/how to address them. Strategy is not content: a speaker who answers the critical issues
with weak responses should get poor marks for content but good marks for strategy.
STANDARDS FOR SCORING:
Every speech is scored out of a possible 100 points, except for the final reply speech, which is worth 50 points. It may
simplify your scoring to think of the reply speech as a 100-point speech and then halve the score based on the standards
below.
Note: For purposes of consistency, scores should be between 60 and 80 for the first three speeches per team and 30 and
40 for the reply speeches. Judges should not go outside this range.
You may give or take away 1 or 2 points, per debater, for strong /weak offering and receiving of Points of Information.
CONSTRUCTIVE SPEECHES (100) REPLY SPEECHES (50)
POINTS 40 40 20 100 POINTS 20 20 10 50
STANDARD STYLE CONTENT STRATEGY OVERALL STANDARD STYLE CONTENT STRATEGY OVERALL
EXCEPTIONAL 32 32 16 80 EXCEPTIONAL 16 16 8 40
EXTREMELY EXTREMELY
GOOD 3031 3031 1415 7479 GOOD 1516 1516 8 3739
GOOD 2829 2829 14 7073 GOOD 1415 1415 8 3536
SATISFACTORY 27 27 1314 6769 SATISFACTORY 13 13 78 3334
COMPETENT 26 26 13 6566 COMPETENT 13 13 7 3233
POOR 25 25 1213 6164 POOR 12 12 67 3132
MINIMAL MINIMAL
QUALITY 24 24 12 60 QUALITY 12 12 6 30
National Speech & Debate Association WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE: Instructions to Judges
