Reflections on the registered report process for effect of local norms on racial and ethnic representation in gifted education

Some education researchers may feel like registered reports (RRs) are a big change, but after our experience, it will be hard for any of us to go back to the old way of doing research. The benefits are too extensive to ignore. Collaborating with reviewers on the best way to analyze data beforehand saves time, in comparison to going back and forth over multiple rounds of postanalysis revisioning, while also preventing any of us (authors or reviewers) from being influenced by the data. It also makes for a much more collaborative and friendly process—especially when compared with traditional peer review