Debate Rubric
Total
Criteria 10 points
All statements, body
language, and
Respect for responses were
Other Team respectful and were
inappropriate language
All information presented
in this debate was clear,
Information accurate and thorough
All counter-arguments
were accurate, relevant
Rebuttal and strong
Every major point was
well supported with
Use of several relevant facts,
Facts/Statistics statistics and/or
examples
All arguments were
clearly tied to an idea
Organization
(premise) and organized
in a tight, logical fashion
The team clearly
understood the topic in
Understanding of depth and presented
Topic their information
forcefully and
convincingly
Comments:
8 points
Statements and
responses were
respectful and used
appropriate language, but
once or twice body
language was not
Most information
presented in this debate
was clear, accurate and
thorough
Most counter-arguments
were accurate, relevant,
and strong
Every major point was
adequately supported
with relevant facts,
statistics and/or
examples
Most arguments were
clearly tied to an idea
(premise) and organized
in a tight, logical fashion
The team clearly
understood the topic in
depth and presented
their information with
ease
6 points
Most statements and
responses were
respectful and in
appropriate language,
but there was one
sarcastic remark
Most information
presented in the debate
was clear and accurate,
but was not usually
thorough
Most counter-arguments
were accurate and
relevant, but several
were weak
Every major point was
supported with facts,
statistics and/or
examples, but the
relevance of some was
questionable
Most arguments were
clearly tied to an idea
(premise) and organized
in a tight, logical fashion
The team seemed to
understand the main
points of the topic and
presented those with
ease
4 points 2 points
Points
Statements, responses Statements,
and/or body language responses and/or body
were borderline language were
appropriate. Some consistently not
sarcastic remarks respectful
Some information Information had
was accurate, but some major
there were some inaccuracies OR was
minor inaccuracies usually not clear
Some counter Counter-
arguments were arguments were
weak and irrelevant not accurate
and/or relevant
Some points were All points were not
supported well, others supported
were not
Most arguments were Most arguments were
clearly tied to an idea clearly tied to an idea
(premise) and organized (premise) and organized
in a tight, logical fashion in a tight, logical fashion
The team seemed to The team did not
understand the main show an adequate
points of the topic, but understanding of the
didn’t present with ease topic
Total Points: