
    Create a function that analyzes a list of student performance scores to identify the lowest score, which will help determine where students need the most support in their learning journey. The function should process any number of valid numerical scores and return a single value representing the student's lowest performance metric.
    

    
def smallest_num(xs):
    """
    Create a function that analyzes a list of student performance scores to identify the lowest score, which will help determine where students need the most support in their learning journey. The function should process any number of valid numerical scores and return a single value representing the student's lowest performance metric.
    

    """
def smallest_num(xs):
    """
    Create a function that analyzes a list of student performance scores to identify the lowest score, which will help determine where students need the most support in their learning journey. The function should process any number of valid numerical scores and return a single value representing the student's lowest performance metric.
    

    """
    return min(xs)