I'm curious about the reading aloud fluency as a means of testing reading skills. It isn't really a skill that is used in many careers.... Hoping an expert weighs in on this one!

Personally, I find it far harder to read aloud than to read to myself. Often, it's because my mind wants to move much faster than my lips can keep up. In reading to my son, sometimes I find my mind on an entirely different train of thought while I'm still reading the story to him (that sounds weird, I know!).