Educational interventions typically center on youth displaying early academic risk, potentially overlooking those falling off track academically later in their educational careers. The current study investigated the extent to which life course transitions experienced during adolescence were linked to falling off-track academically in high school. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 4284; 53% female; M_age = 14.88) documented that 1516 students displayed no educational risk in early high school, yet 14% did not pursue 4-year college by age 24. Analyses revealed the unique life course transitions predictive of falling off-track academically (i.e., sexual intercourse, alcohol use, family transitions, residential mobility). The study’s findings highlight important intervention avenues to promote adolescents’ continued educational persistence.

教育干预措施通常集中于表现出早期学业风险的青少年，可能会忽视那些在其教育生涯后期学业偏离正轨的青少年。目前的研究调查了青春期经历的生命历程转变在多大程度上与高中学业偏离正轨有关。全国青少年至成人健康纵向研究（N  = 4284；53% 为女性；M_年龄 = 14.88）的数据显示，1516 名学生在高中早期没有表现出教育风险，但按年龄划分，14% 的学生没有继续读四​​年制大学24. 分析揭示了预示着学业偏离正轨的独特生命历程转变（即性交、饮酒、家庭转变、居住流动）。该研究的结果强调了促进青少年继续接受教育的重要干预途径。