http://www.nationaldebaterankings.net Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:37:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In 1995 Mike Bietz suggested a national ranking system of LD debaters on the original LD-L Listserv. This was met by a great deal of resistance and even a threat of lawsuits if certain schools showed up on the ranking system. Alas, the idea was put to rest. In ... http://www.nationaldebaterankings.net/2007/04/17/about-the-ndr/ We are looking for results from all seasons from the last 5 years!  Please submit them if you have them! For the NDR to work, we need people to submit results. ** PLEASE NOTE** we will only enter results for tournaments that meet the following: 1. Are submitted as a complete tournament packet.  ... http://www.nationaldebaterankings.net/2007/04/17/submit-results/ The new NDR system for 07-08 will be, at its core, based on the ELO rating system (similar to the system used for rating chess players). Debaters will see individual ratings move up and down based on final placement at tournaments. The bigger the tournament (the higher the ratings of ... http://www.nationaldebaterankings.net/2007/04/17/the-ndr-explained/ National Debate Rankings 2004-2005 LD - SQUADS Rk    School Code (Name)    ST    Rating 1    OHSODEF         CA    5796 2    Scarsdale         NY    5789 3    Lynbrook         CA    5787 4    Highland Park         MN    5624 5    Hockaday         TX    5605 6    Valley             IA    5576 7    Edina            MN    5574 8    Schreiber ... http://www.nationaldebaterankings.net/2007/04/17/2004-2005-final-squad-ndr/ Here is the ranking for the final NDR for 2004-2005 season. Individual Debaters 1 Greenhill DW (David Wolfish) TX Sr 1261 2 Scarsdale MSh (Matt Shields) NY Jr 1248 3 Monte Vista-Danville WL (Will Leiter) CA Jr 1229 4 Mountain View PR (Prashant Rai) CA Jr 1216 5 Des Moines North ER (Ernie Rose) IA Sr 1216 6 Schreiber AP (Adwait Parker) NY Sr 1215 7 Palo Alto DS (Daniel Sheehan) CA Sr 1215 8 Lynbrook SS (Shyaam Subramanian) CA Sr 1214 9 Schreiber PG (Petey Gil) NY Sr 1211 10 Jersey Village BC (Bryan Cory) TX Sr 1210 10 Glenbrook North AP ... http://www.nationaldebaterankings.net/2007/04/17/2004-2005-final-ndr/ We are in the process of putting together the new National Debate Rankings.  You can read about the formula by clicking on the "about" link on the right. http://www.nationaldebaterankings.net/2007/04/17/hello-world/