
    Write a function that converts a student's single-character digital response into its corresponding ASCII value to enable learning analytics tracking in an adaptive education platform. The function should take any valid keyboard character as input and return its standardized numerical representation.
    

    
def ascii_value(k):
    """
    Write a function that converts a student's single-character digital response into its corresponding ASCII value to enable learning analytics tracking in an adaptive education platform. The function should take any valid keyboard character as input and return its standardized numerical representation.
    

    """
def ascii_value(k):
    """
    Write a function that converts a student's single-character digital response into its corresponding ASCII value to enable learning analytics tracking in an adaptive education platform. The function should take any valid keyboard character as input and return its standardized numerical representation.
    

    """
    ch = k
    return ord(ch)