Kurakbayev, K.Bridges, D.Iztayeva, A.Omarbekova, A.2015-11-042015-11-0420149786018046728http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/758The purpose of the research is to examine the impact of recent educational innovations on the contemporary secondary education in Kazakhstan. Applying change management as a theoretical framework of the study [1], we firstly explore the role that innovations play in education and changes and in the recent reforms brought into the system. Secondly, we explore challenges and opportunities of adapting innovations in mainstream secondary schools' curriculum, assessment, pedagogy and management to ensure quality education [2]. And finally, we examine the school capacity in the process of implementing new knowledge and practice in the context of contemporary changes and innovations [3].encontemporary reformscontextdevelopmentsecondary educationcurriculumAbstract