SERVE has contracted with Dr. Stephen Jurs, an external evaluator, to conduct various assessments and evaluations of both SERVE projects and NBSD programs. The following are the six evaluations conducted by Dr. Jurs:

• The Evaluation of NBSD Federally Funded Programs (2002)
• A Program Evaluation Template for NBSD (2002)
• A Comparison of Strategic Planning Initiatives in Selected Mississippi School Districts (2002)
• An Evaluation of SERVE's SuperSite (2002)
• The Development of Program Evaluation Plans for NBSD: September 23–24, 2002—A Report to the Superintendent (2002)
• Mid-Year Evaluation Report (2003)
• Five Years of an Intensive School Improvement Partnership in the Mississippi Delta—1999 to 2005: SERVE's Implications for the Field (2005)
  
  The report presented to NBSD and the State of Mississippi on SERVE's five-year intervention in NBSD. The report includes discussion of the major projects as well as analysis of student achievement over the five-year partnership.

Core-Class Curriculum Alignment—JBHM Consulting

SERVE hired and external consulting firm, JBHM, to assist the district in aligning the curriculum across the core content areas. The following documents are summaries of the work for each academic year:

• Summary Report (2003–2004)
• Summary Report (2004–2005)

SERVE sponsored professional development in mathematics at all three schools in NBSD , based on the findings of the math audit. The following are summaries of the work for each academic year:

• 2003–2004
• 2004–2005

Each academic year SERVE developed and signed memoranda of understanding with NBSD that outlined the scope of work for each year. The following documents are the MOUs for the three schools, and the district generally, by academic year:

• 2001–2002
  • NBSD—District Plan
  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • High School
• 2002–2003
  • NBSD—District Plan
  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • High School
• 2003–2004 (comprehensive MOU)
  • NBSD District Plan for August 2003–July 2004
• 2004–2005 (comprehensive MOU)
  • NBSD District Plan

• NBSD Strategic Plan (2001)