 Borman has been appointed as a methodological expert to advise many national research and development projects, including the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented and three of the nation’s regional educational laboratories funded by the Institute of Education Sciences.He serves on the editorial boards of six academic journals, including the "American Educational Research Journal", "Research Synthesis Methods", and "Elementary School Journal".He is a Principal Standing Panel Member of the Education Systems and Broad Reform Research Review Panel of the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences and was named to the 15-member Urban Education Research Task Force established to advise the U.S. Department of Education on issues affecting urban education.