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Kathleen Blake Yancey (1999) recognized, newer technology and
more experienced students will require writing programs to have
other assessment procedures in place to evaluate these noncanonical
e-texts. How and why these fresher methods develop are yet to be
seen, but we can look to what Composition now knows about com-
puter-based writing instruction, digital literacy, technology redefin-
ing the text, and writing assessment to move into the next phase.
