Borrowing from both Canadian and American YMCA programs, and aspects of the Boy Scouts, Statten established the Canadian Standards Efficiency Training (CSET) program, a system of graded tests where boys passed from one level to the next.
Drawing inspiration from both Canadian and American YMCA programs, as well as elements of the Boy Scouts, Statten created the Canadian Standards Efficiency Training (CSET) program, a hierarchical testing system where boys progressed through levels.